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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.
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.
Stephen Lynch (fl. 1504–1523) was the 23rd Mayor of Galway, serving from 1507 to 1510. Lynch was a son of Dominick Dubh Lynch, Galway's second Mayor, and nephew of Peirce Lynch, the first Mayor. It was his wife, Margaret Athy, who founded the Augustinian monastery of Forthill while he was on a trading voyage. He may have had a second wife, a ...
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).
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 ...
Dominick Dubh Lynch (died 14 August 1508), was the second Mayor of Galway. [1] A member of The Tribes of Galway, Lynch was instrumental in securing the Mayoralty for Galway from Richard III, his brother Peirce becoming the town's first Mayor in September 1485. He himself served as Mayor 1486–87, and 1497–98.
Lynch was therefore the last of The Tribes of Galway to serve as Mayor in succession to the first, Peirce Lynch, who served the term 1485-86. He was replaced by Colonel Peter Stubbers. Lynch held property on Galway's High Street, now in part occupied by the King's Head public house. Colonel Stubbers seized this from Lynch for his own use.