Sir William Wiseman, 8th Baronet

Rear Admiral Sir William Saltonstall Wiseman, 8th Baronet KCB (4 August 1814 – 14 July 1874) was a British naval officer.

Sir William Wiseman
Born	4 August 1814
Died	14 July 1874 (aged 59)
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	Royal Navy
Rank	Rear Admiral
Commands held	HMS Penelope Australia Station (1863–1866)
Battles/wars	Waikato Campaign
Awards	Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath

Naval career

Born the son of Captain Sir William Saltonstall Wiseman, 7th Baronet, and his wife Catherine Mackintosh, daughter of Sir James Mackintosh, Wiseman entered the Royal Naval College in 1827.[1] He was made a lieutenant in 1838.[1] In 1854 he was asked to convey Sir Hamilton Seymour, British Ambassador to Russia to Saint Petersburg.[1] Promoted to Captain in 1854, he was given command of HMS Penelope in 1855.[1] He was appointed Commander-in-Chief, Australia Station in 1863 and fought in the Waikato Campaign.[2]

He was found dead in his lodgings in Saint Joseph, Missouri on 14 July 1874.[2]

Family

On 25 October 1838 he married Charlotte Jane Paterson, daughter of Admiral Charles William Paterson.[2] 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.

See also

• O'Byrne, William Richard (1849). "Wiseman, William Saltonstall (b)" . A Naval Biographical Dictionary . John Murray – via Wikisource.
• European and American voyages of scientific exploration

References

1. William Loney RN
2. New Zealand National Dictionary of Biography entry