# William Wickham

> William Wickham PC PC (Ire) was a British spymaster and a director of internal security services during the French Revolutionary Wars. He was credited with disrupting radical conspiracies in England but, appointed Chief Secretary for Ireland, failed in 1803 to anticipate a republican insurrection in Dublin. He ended his career in government service in 1804, resigning his post in Ireland where, privately, he denounced government policy as unjust and oppressive.

*British civil servant and politician, died 1840*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Public Official
- **Category:** Politicians
- **Born:** 1761-11-11
- **Died:** 1840-10-22
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

William Wickham PC PC (Ire) was a British spymaster and a director of internal security services during the French Revolutionary Wars. He was credited with disrupting radical conspiracies in England but, appointed Chief Secretary for Ireland, failed in 1803 to anticipate a republican insurrection in Dublin. He ended his career in government service in 1804, resigning his post in Ireland where, privately, he denounced government policy as unjust and oppressive.

## Fame
- **Fame score:** 40.4
- **Momentum:** 13.3

## Sources
- [William Wickham (civil servant)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Wickham_(civil_servant))
- [William Wickham](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Wickham)
- [William Wickham](https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Wickham)
- [ويليام ويكخام](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85_%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%83%D8%AE%D8%A7%D9%85)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3569027)

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