Political Career
In 1798, Wickham was appointed Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department. In 1802 he was appointed to the Privy Council and named Chief Secretary for Ireland, a post he held until 1804. He also entered Parliament as MP for the Irish borough constituency of Cashel: he sat for Cashel from 1802 to 1806, and for Callington in Cornwall from 1806 to 1807.
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