About Sir William Wiseman, 8th Baronet
Lived 1814 – 1874 (aged 59). Sir William Wiseman, 8th Baronet was a New Zealand naval officer.
Rear-Admiral Sir William Saltonstall Wiseman, 8th Baronet, KCB (4 August 1814 – 14 July 1874) was a British naval officer.
Naval career Born the son of Captain Sir William Saltonstall Wiseman, 7th Baronet, and his wife Catherine Mackintosh, daughter of Sir James Mackintosh, Wiseman entered the Royal Naval College in Portsmouth in 1827. He was made a lieutenant in 1838.
On 14 July 1874, he was found dead in his lodgings in Saint Joseph, Missouri.
Family On 25 October 1838, he married Charlotte Jane Paterson, daughter of Admiral Charles William Paterson. They had a son and a daughter:
Rear-Admiral Sir William Wiseman, 9th Baronet (1845–1893), naval officer, whose son was Sir William Wiseman, 10th Baronet, head of Secret Intelligence Service in Washington, DC, during the First World War. Eliza who married Admiral H. M. Alexander.
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British Royal Navy admiral (1814-1874)
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Sir William Wiseman, 8th Baronet was born on 4 August 1814.
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Sir William Wiseman, 8th Baronet died on 14 July 1874.
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Sir William Wiseman, 8th Baronet was a naval officer.
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Sir William Wiseman, 8th Baronet was New Zealand.
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