Capt. Henry Cormick Lynch-Staunton formerly Lynch , Indian Army in Madras. inherited both of Sir George Staunton's English properties but tragically never lived long enough to enjoy them. After Sir George Staunton's death on 10th August 1859, Henry Lynch had hardly moved into Leigh Park when he died unexpectedly on 22nd September 1959, barely six weeks after his cousin. Henry, formerly a captain in the Honourable East Indies Company in Madras, died intestate and the estate appears to have been passed on to his eldest son George Staunton Lynch who, like his uncle of the same name, added Lynch-Staunton to his name. Henry Lynch, or Captain Lynch as he was known, had a large family, fathering six daughters and two sons by his wife Charlotte, all but two living and dying in the local area. Captain Lynch was buried in the churchyard of St. Faith's in Havant, and is commemorated along with his wife in a stained glass window in St. Mary's Church in Hayling Island. --------- British Library, Oriental and India Office Collections India Office Records Catalogue Ref. IOR Creator(s): Board of Commissioners for the Affairs of India, 1784-1858 Burma Office, 1937-1948 East India Company, 1600-1858 India Office, 1858-1947 [Access Conditions] Open to public access except for recent personal files, and a very small number of subject files Accountant General's Records [Access Conditions] No restrictions East India Company and India Office: records of the administration of service and family pension funds - ref. IOR/L/AG/23 Madras Military Fund FILE - Roll of subscribers to Madras Military Fund - ref. IOR/L/AG/23/10/1 - date: 1808-c.1939 item: LYNCH, Henry Cormick 1801- - ref. IOR/L/AG/23/10/1 no.1307 [n.d.] ------
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