Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900/Lynch, Patrick Edward
LYNCH, PATRICK EDWARD (d. 1884), lieutenant-general in the Indian army, was eldest brother of Henry Blosse Lynch [q. v.] and of Thomas Kerr Lynch [q. v.] He received a cadetship in 1826, and on 16 Feb. 1827 was posted as ensign to the 16th Bombay native infantry, in which he obtained his subsequent steps. He was one of the British officers employed in Persia under Sir Henry Lindesay Bethune [q. v.] He commanded a corps at Kisir Chur and the defeat of the Shiraz princes, for which he received the thanks of the shah, the decoration of the Lion and Sun, and the British local rank of major in Persia. He was employed as a political officer in Afghanistan in 1840–1, and was present in several engagements with the Ghilzies, and again in 1858, with the forces sent from Aden against the stronghold of the sheik Othman. He became major-general in 1872, and retired with the rank of lieutenant-general in 1878. He died at Partry House, Ballinrobe, 23 May 1884. Lynch married Emily, daughter of Captain Sturton of Ersland House, Reigate.
[East India Registers.]