Peter Wyche (Ambassador)

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Sir Peter Wyche (1593? - 1643 in Oxford) was a London merchant and English Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire from 1627-1641.

He was knighted by King Charles I in 1626 and appointed ambassador in Constantinople the following year. On his return to England in 1641 he became Privy Counsellor and Comptroller of the King's Household. While in Constantinople he gave lodgings to the scholar and traveller Edward Pococke.

His son Cyril was born in Constantinople and went on to become a Member of Parliament and President of the Royal Society.

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• List of Ambassadors from the United Kingdom to the Ottoman Empire