Peter Wyche (ambassador)

Sir Peter Wyche PC (c. 1593 – 7 October 1643) was a London merchant and English Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire from 1627 to 1641.

As ambassador, Sir Peter arrived at Constantinople on 10 April 1628, and remained at that post until he returned to England in May 1639.

From December 1637 to August 1640, Pococke resided at the British embassy, where he acted as temporary chaplain to Sir Peter Wyche.

Together, they were the parents of the following children:[8] Wyche died at Oxford on 7 October 1643 where he was buried on 7 December 1643, in Christ Church Cathedral in the south aisle, where a monument was erected to his memory.

[7] His son Tuscarene died in Aleppo, Syria and Peter's widow was granted administration of his estate in November 1656.