Sir Cyril Wyche FRS ( – 28 December 1707) was an English lawyer and politician. He served two terms in the Dublin Castle administration as Chief Secretary for Ireland and was a Lord Justice of Ireland from 1693 to 1695. He was the fifth President of the Royal Society, and represented several constituencies in both the House of Commons of England and the Irish House of Commons.
Early life
He was born in Constantinople, then part of the Ottoman Empire, where his father, Sir Peter Wyche, was the English Ambassador. He was baptised by and named after Patriarch Cyril Lucaris, who became his godfather. Upon becoming secretary he was appointed to the Privy Council of Ireland. In 1684 he was elected a fellow of the Dublin Philosophical Society.
