William Wickham (spymaster) - Personal Life

Personal Life

He married Eleonora Madeleine Bertrand (d. 1836), whose father was professor mathematics in the University of Geneva; they married in 1788. They had one son, Henry Lewis Wickham, and his son, William, was a Member of Parliament for Petersfield.

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