Edward Wise (MP)

Edward Wise was a Member of the House of Commons of England from the rotten borough of Okehampton. He first took office in the Third Protectorate Parliament, remained in the Convention Parliament, and retained his seat until he was succeeded by Henry Northleigh on 14 March 1677 after Wise' death.

He was the son of Thomas Wise, also an MP; and the grandson of Sir Thomas Wise and of Edward Chichester, 1st Viscount Chichester. He was from Marystow in Devon.[1]

References

  1. ^ Wright, William William Henry Kearley. Some account of the barony and town of Okehampton: its antiquities and institutions: including the journals kept by Messrs. Rattenbury and Shebbeare, Gents. and Burgesses, from the 21 James I., to the death of William III.; with notes genealogical, descriptive, and explanatory. W. Masland, 1889; p. 98