Sir William Wiseman, 8th Baronet

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

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 Portsmouth in 1827. He was made a lieutenant in 1838. In 1854, he was asked to convey Sir Hamilton Seymour, British Ambassador to Russia, to Saint Petersburg. Promoted to captain in 1854, he was given command of HMS Penelope in 1855. He was appointed Commander-in-Chief, Australia Station in 1863 and fought in the Waikato Campaign. On 14 July 1874, he was found dead in his lodgings in Saint Joseph, Missouri.

Family

On 25 October 1838, he married Charlotte Jane Paterson, daughter of Admiral Charles William Paterson. They had a son and a daughter:

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