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Biography_, _iv_ 64 (1888). LYNCH, THEODORA ELIZABETH (dau. of Arthur Foulks of Jamaica, sugar-planter). _b._ Dale park, Sussex 1812; _m._ 28 Dec. 1835 Henry Mark Lynch, 2 son of John Lynch of Kingston, Jamaica, _b._ Kingston 29 Oct. 1814, barrister M.T. 12 June 1840, _d._ Kingston 15 July 1845; author of Lays of the sea and other poems By Personne 1846, 2 ed. 1850; The cotton tree, or Emily the little West Indian 1847, another ed. 1853; The family sepulchre, a tale of Jamaica 1848, and 14 other stories for children. _d._ 81 St. John’s Wood terrace, London 27 June 1885. LYNCH, THOMAS KERR (younger brother of Henry Blosse Lynch 1807–73). _b._ 1818; ed. at Trin. coll. Dublin; served with his brother during second Euphrates expedition 1837–42; set up in business at Baghdad; bore the expense of trading-steamers constructed for the rivers Euphrates and Tigris; travelled in Mesopotamia and Persia; an Arabic and Persian scholar; consul general for Persia, in London 1869–75; knight of the Lion and Sun on the Shah’s visit to England 1873; author of A visit to the Suez canal 1866; F.R.G.S. _d._ 31 Cleveland sq. London 27 Dec. 1891. _Times 29 Dec. 1891 p._ 5. LYNCH, THOMAS TOKE (10 child of John Burke Lynch, surgeon, _d._ 1820). _b._ Dunmow, Essex 5 July 1818; ed. at a school in Islington, London, afterwards an usher in the school; a Sunday school teacher and preacher 1841; pastor of Highgate independent church 1847–9; pastor of a congregation in Mortimer st. London 1849, which migrated to Grafton st. Fitzroy sq. 1852, resigned 1859; pastor of independent church in Gower st. 1860, which removed to Mornington crescent, Hampstead road 1862 to death; author of Thoughts on a day 1844; Memorials of Theophilus Trinal 1850, 4 ed. 1882; Essays on some of the forms of literature 1853; The Rivulet, a contribution to sacred song 1855, 3 ed. 1868; these hymns said to be pantheistic, gave rise to a long discussion known as The Rivulet controversy, Lynch replied to his opponents in The ethics of quotation 1856 and Songs Controversial 1856, both issued under pseudonym of ‘Silent Long’; A Christmas address 1856, 3 ed. 1872. _d._ 76 Arlington st. Mornington crescent 9 May 1871. _White’s Memoirs of T. T. Lynch_ (1874), _portrait_; _A critical and descriptive notice of Rev. T. T. Lynch_ (1859); _Miller’s Singers and songs of the church_ (1869) 560–61; _Waddington’s Congregational history_, _v_ 134–69 (1880); _J. E. Ritchie’s London Pulpit_, _2 ed._ (1858) 101–10 _and his Religious Life in London_ (1870) 187–92. LYNCH, WILLIAM WILTSHIRE. _b._ 1 April 1831; ensign 70 foot 17 Sep. 1850; captain 2 foot 1858, major 1873 to 1875 when placed on h.p.; brigade major Chatham 1866–70; deputy judge advocate 1875–6; lieut.-col. 10 foot 3 May 1876 to 3 May 1881; lieut.-col. regimental district 1881–6; M.G. 1 April 1887; M.G. Bengal 31 March 1888 to death. _d._ of cholera at Allahabad 4 Aug. 1888. LYNCH-BLOSSE, HENRY (elder son of sir Robert Lynch-Blosse, 8 bart. 1784–1818). _b._ 11 Feb. 1813; ed. at Trin. coll. Dublin, B.A. 1835, M.A. 1860; V. of Newcastle, Glamorganshire, with V. of Bettws, C. of Laleston and C. of Tythegston 1839–77; archdeacon and canon of Llandaff 17 June 1859 to 1877; dean of Llandaff 1877 to death. _d._ Llandaff deanery 28 Jany. 1879. LYNDHURST, JOHN SINGLETON COPLEY, 1 Baron (eld. son of John Singleton Copley of Boston, U.S., afterwards of London, painter, 1737–1815). _b._ Boston 21 May 1772; brought to England, June 1775; pensioner at Trin. coll. Camb. 8 July 1790, 2 wr. and Smith’s prizeman 1794; B.A. 1794, M.A. 1796; junior fellow of his coll. 2 Oct. 1795, senior fellow 5 July 1797 to 1804; travelling bachelor of Camb. univ. 1795–8, high steward of the univ. 1840; member of Lincoln’s inn 19 May 1794; practised as a special pleader; barrister L.I. 8 June 1804; serjeant at law 6 July 1813; leader of Midland circuit 1816; M.P. Yarmouth, Isle of Wight 1818; M.P. Ashburton 1818–26; M.P. univ. of Camb. 1826–7; king’s serjeant and chief justice of Chester Dec. 1818 to July 1819; solicitor general 24 July 1819, knighted Oct. 1819; attorney general 9 Jany. 1824 to 14 Sep. 1826; master of the rolls 13 Sep. 1826 to April 1827; recorder of Bristol, Sep. 1826 to April 1827; lord chancellor 20 April 1827 to 22 Nov. 1830; lord chief baron of the exchequer 18 Jany. 1831 to 1834, lord chancellor again 21 Nov. 1834 to 23 April 1835, and 3 Sep. 1841 to 4 July 1846; created baron Lyndhurst of Lyndhurst in the county of Southampton 25 April 1827. _d._ 25 George st. Hanover sq. London 12 Oct. 1863. _bur._ Highgate cemetery 17 Oct.