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THE WYCHE FAMILY
I65
He was a member of the Board of Directors for several years,
and, in 1658, he was appointed President of Surat. His tenure
of office was short, as he died at Surat on the 23rd of May,
1659, within eight months of his arrival in India1.
Rebecca, the eighteenth child and sixth daughter, was un-
married at the time of her mother's death.
Mundy's remark as to the travels of the Wyche family "in
forraigne and farre distant Regions" is correct in so far as six of
them are concerned. One (probably Thomas) was in Muscovy
about 1620; George was in Spain in 1625; Peter and Edward
were both in Constantinople in 1627; James died there in
1618; and Nathaniel was in Surat in 1659. Of the journey-
ings of Richard, Julius and Henry, unfortunately no record is
forthcoming.
Of the later members of the Wyche family, Bernard, grandson
of the ambassador to Constantinople, entered the East India
Company's service and was a merchant at Surat. His brothers
Peter and George were also merchants at Cambrai and Pondi-
cherry respectively. With the death of Sir Cyril Wyche, Baronet,
in 1756 and the extinction of the title, the family seems to have
come to an end.
Factory Records, Surat, vol. 2.
I65
He was a member of the Board of Directors for several years,
and, in 1658, he was appointed President of Surat. His tenure
of office was short, as he died at Surat on the 23rd of May,
1659, within eight months of his arrival in India1.
Rebecca, the eighteenth child and sixth daughter, was un-
married at the time of her mother's death.
Mundy's remark as to the travels of the Wyche family "in
forraigne and farre distant Regions" is correct in so far as six of
them are concerned. One (probably Thomas) was in Muscovy
about 1620; George was in Spain in 1625; Peter and Edward
were both in Constantinople in 1627; James died there in
1618; and Nathaniel was in Surat in 1659. Of the journey-
ings of Richard, Julius and Henry, unfortunately no record is
forthcoming.
Of the later members of the Wyche family, Bernard, grandson
of the ambassador to Constantinople, entered the East India
Company's service and was a merchant at Surat. His brothers
Peter and George were also merchants at Cambrai and Pondi-
cherry respectively. With the death of Sir Cyril Wyche, Baronet,
in 1756 and the extinction of the title, the family seems to have
come to an end.
Factory Records, Surat, vol. 2.