About Edward Wise
Lived 1632 – 1675 (aged 42–43). Edward Wise was a politician.
Edward Wise (1632–1675) of Sydenham in the parish of Marystow in Devon, was a politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1659 and 1675.
Wise was the son of Thomas Wise (c. 1605 – 1641) of Sydenham, MP, and was the grandson of Sir Thomas Wise (c. 1576 – 1630) of Sydenham, MP, and (via his mother) of Edward Chichester, 1st Viscount Chichester of Eggesford in Devon. In 1659 he was elected Member of Parliament for Okehampton in the Third Protectorate Parliament. He was elected in 1660 to the Convention Parliament. In 1661 he was re-elected MP for Okehampton for the Cavalier Parliament.
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English politician
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Edward Wise was born in 1632.
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Edward Wise died in 1675.
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Edward Wise was a politician.
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