Nathaniel Wyche
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Nathaniel Wyche | |
|---|---|
| Born | London, England |
| Baptised | 5 August 1607 |
| Died | 23 May 1659 (aged 51–52) |
| Spouse |
Anne Cranmer (m. 1657) |
| Parent(s) | Richard Wyche Elizabeth Saltonstall |
| Relatives | Peter Wyche (brother) Richard Saltonstall (grandfather) Peter Wyche (nephew) Cyril Wyche (nephew) |
Nathaniel Wyche (1607 – 23 May 1659) was an English merchant and president of the English East India Company.
Nathaniel was born in 1607 and baptized at Mitcham on 5 August 1607.[1] He was the youngest son of Elizabeth (née Saltonstall) Wyche and Richard Wyche, a director of the East India Company, one of whose elder brothers was Sir Peter Wyche (1593–1643), the British ambassador to the Ottoman Empire (who was knighted by King Charles I in 1626),[2] and his maternal grandfather was Lord Mayor of London Richard Saltonstall. His mother's first cousin, Sir Richard Saltonstall, established a settlement in the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1630.