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Date transcribed2011-05-01
Transcribed byPeter Bailey
CommentNote that notables of Indian, Afghan, etc. origin do not always follow the alphabetical name pattern established by Buckland in his original work.

Surname  Lynch    
First Name(s)  Henry Blosse    
Year of Birth  1807    
Year of Death  1873    
Entry  Captain : son of Major Henry Blosse Lynch : born Nov. 24, 1807 : joined the Indian Navy, 1823 : employed in the Survey of the Persian Gulf, acting as interpreter in Persian and Arabic to the Squadron, 1829-32 : commanded the Enterprise, 1830-2, and examined S. Persia : shipwrecked in the Red Sea : served in command of the expedition under Col. F. R. Chesney to explore the Euphrates route to India, 1834 : in command of it, 1837 : ascended the Tigris, and completed the map of it, 1839 : extended, by his explorations, the geographical knowledge of Mesopotamia : had charge of the postal service across Syria till 1842 : commanded a flotilla to co-operate with Sir C. Napier in Sind, 1843 : held various naval shore appointments in Bombay, 1844-51 : in the second Burmese war commanded a squadron in the naval operations : C.B., 1853 : retired to Paris, 1856 : after the Persian war, of 1856-7, conducted at Paris the negotiations with the Persian Ambassador which led to the Treaty of Paris, March 4, 1857 : made Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Lion and Sun : died April 14, 1873.     
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