Family and Education
b. c.1581, 2nd s. of Arthur Wake (d.1596), chaplain of Mont Orgueil, Jersey 1574-92, and Christian, da. of Sir William Wigston† of Wolston, Warws.VCH Northants. Fams. 325-6; M. Syvret and J. Stevens, Jersey, 85. educ. Christ Church, Oxf. 1593, aged 12, BA 1597, MA 1603; M. Temple 1605, Padua 1625.Al. Ox.; M. Temple Admiss; J.A. Andrich, De Natione Anglica et Scota Juristarum Universitatis Patavinae, 139. m. 18 Dec. 1623, Anne (d. 1642), da. of Edward Bray of Barrington, Glos., s.p.E.A. Webb, Recs. St. Bartholomew’s Smithfield, ii. 279; Chamberlain Letters ed. N.E. McClure, ii. 533. Kntd. 16 Feb. 1619.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 171. d. June 1632.C115/105/8095.
Offices Held

Fell. Merton, Oxf. 1598 – 21; public orator, Oxf. Univ. 1604–21;G.C. Brodrick, Merton Mems. (Oxf. Hist. Soc. iv), 70, 267, 277. sec. to (Sir) Dudley Carleton* 1610–15.CSP Dom. 1611–18, p. 125; CSP Ven. 1613–15, p. 215; HMC Downshire, iii. 393.

Member, embassy to Venice 1610–15;Handlist of British Diplomatic Representatives comp. G.M. Bell, 290. resident agent, Savoy 1615–24;J.W. Stoye, Eng. Travellers Abroad, 155–7; Handlist, 229. amb. Venice 1624–31,APC, 1623–5, p. 212; Handlist, 291–2. France 1631–d.;APC, 1629–30, p. 291; Handlist, 110. gent. of the privy chamber 1624.CSP Ven. 1623–5, p. 244.

Main residence: London.
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Commons 1604-1629
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WAKE, Sir Isaac (c.1581-1632)

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