Thomas Kerr Lynch
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Thomas Kerr Lynch (1818–1891) was an
explorer
.
A younger brother of
The Tribes of Galway, been descended from Sir Henry Lynch, 1st Baronet
who died in 1635.
In 1837 he joined his brother Henry, who commanded an expedition up the river Tigris to Baghdad, a previously unaccomplished voyage. Thomas went on to establish a steamer service on the Tigris. In the 1850s, Thomas, who had by then travelled extensively throughout
Persia in London. He was made a Knight of the Order of the Lion and the Sun
.
Thomas Kerr Lynch died in London in 1891.
References
- The Tribes of Galway:1124–1642, Adrian Martyn, Galway, 2016.
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