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Sir Henry Lynch, 1st Baronet (died 1635) was an Irish baronet, knight, lawyer, and land agent (i.e. estate manager). Lynch was among the first of his family to become a lawyer, and several of his younger sons followed him into this profession, as did, under his influence, Patrick D'Arcy, Richard Martyn, and Geoffrey Browne as well as many of the later generations of the Tribes of Galway.
Lynch Memorial Window, Galway. A legend states that James Lynch, during his term as mayor, sentenced his son to death for "broken trust" and murder of "a stranger", and personally hanged him from a window of his own house. The earliest extant account was written by a Spanish Dominican in 1674. James Mitchell argues that the story is a pure myth ...
The Lynch Baronetcy of Galway – which later became Lynch-Blosse Baronetcy – is a title in the Baronetage of Ireland. It was created on 8 June 1622 for Henry Lynch, a member of an Anglo-Norman family and one of the merchant Tribes of Galway. [4] Both he and the second Baronet represented County Galway in the Irish House of Commons.
Of the 14 families, 12 were of Anglo Norman origin, ... Dominick Dubh Lynch (died 1508), second Mayor of Galway; Germyn Lynch (fl. 1441–1483), merchant and ...
In England, the surname is derived from the Norman-French de Lench and Kentish hlinc (meaning 'Hill').. A Lynch family originated at Cranbrook in Kent (where William Lynch co-founded Cranbrook School, Kent, in 1518) and from Tudor times were seated at "The Groves" in the village of Staple near Canterbury in Kent (the house was demolished in 1843 on the death of Lady Lynch).
This category is for the Lynch family of Galway, Ireland, a powerful merchant family that was part of the Tribes of Galway. Many members of this family served as Mayors of Galway. A branch of this family was elevated to the baronetage, as the Lynch baronets of Galway. Another branch became prominent in politics and culture in Argentina.
Thomas Lynch, son of Ambrose Lynch, was elected Mayor of Galway in August 1654, while the town was occupied by British forces in the aftermath of the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland. Following a request by the occupiers, the Lord Deputy issued orders to have the power of holding council removed from the Catholics of Galway. This was implemented ...
Stephen Lynch fitz James, Mayor of Galway, fl. 1499–1524. Lynch is believed to have been son of James Lynch fitz Stephen, Mayor 1493–94. He and Peter French were the town bailiffs 1499–1500 under Mayor James Lynch fitz Martin. Stephen served three terms as Mayor: 1509–10, 1516–17 and 1523.