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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).
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.
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.
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.
Richard Gare Lynch, Mayor of Galway, September 1529 - September 1530. While leaving Galway on a voyage that became very profitable, Lynch fired a gun salute from his ship to a rock in Galway Bay, now thought to be Black Rock, Salthill. Because of the success of the voyage, the salute was repeated by his descendants over the next century.
From about 1625 Lynch was associated with Dominican education in Galway - Tomás S.R. Ó Floinn believes he may have been its prime instigator. As prior of Galway, in 1626-27 he was signatory with his fellow Dominicans, Peter Martin (STP) , Stephen Lynch (Franciscan) , Dominic Lynch, and Richard Bermingham, of an agreement ratifying the ...
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 ...
Geoffrey Lynch (Mayor), aka Geffere Lynch, fourth Mayor of Galway, fl. 1488–1489. Lynch was a member of one of The Tribes of Galway, and during his term of office he oversaw the introduction of the Dominican Order into Galway from Athenry. They were given a site overlooking The Claddagh, on the west bank of the river Corrib. Lynch is said to ...