Sir William Wiseman, 8th Baronet
- Sir William Wiseman, 8th Baronet
Sir William Saltonstall Wiseman, 8th Baronet KCB (4 August 1814-14 July 1874) was a British naval officer.
Biography
He was the son of Captain Sir William Saltonstall Wiseman, 7th Baronet, and his wife Catherine Mackintosh, daughter of Sir James Mackintosh. On 25 October 1838 he married Charlotte Jane Paterson, daughter of Admiral Charles William Paterson. They had a son and a daughter:
* Rear-Admiral Sir William Wiseman, 9th Baronet (1845-1893), naval officer, whose son was Sir William Wiseman, 10th Baronet, head of Secret Intelligence Service in Washington, DC during the First World War.
* Eliza who married Admiral H. M. Alexander.
He fought in the Waikato Campaign.
External links
* [http://www.dnzb.govt.nz/dnzb/default.asp?Find_Quick.asp?PersonEssay=1W35 New Zealand National Dictionary of Biography entry]
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