Sir William George Eden Wiseman, 10th Baronet CB (1 February 1885 – 17 June 1962)[1] was a British intelligence agent and banker.
From 1914, he served as a lieutenant colonel with the Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry but, following injury, transferred to military intelligence.
[4] As the head of the British intelligence mission in the United States, Wiseman was extensively involved in the counter-intelligence against the Indian seditionists and was ultimately responsible for leaking to New York Police, bypassing diplomatic channels, the details of a bomb plot that led to the uncovering of the Hindu Conspiracy.
He met with Wilson on a regular basis and on one notable occasion in August 1918 spent a week's vacation with the President and House.
[2] He was made a Companion of the Order of the Bath, In recognition of services in connection with the War, in the King's 1918 Birthday Honours.