Estanislao José Antonio Lynch y Roo, was a Argentine naval officer and wealthy Argentine, the brother of the famous landowner of the "Rio de la Plata" captain Patricio Lynch and the grandson of an Irish immigrant, Patrick Lynch. Estanislao was the third son of Justo Pastor Lynch (1755–1830) and Ana Bernardo Roo (d.1836).

His career

During his period as an Officer in the Argentinian

Army of the Andes The Army of the Andes ( es, Ejército de los Andes) was a military force created by the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata (Argentina) and mustered by general José de San Martín in his campaign to free Chile from the Spanish Empire. In 181 ...

protected his territory and liberated from the Spanish Crown, On 2 January 1817 the Buenos Aires city council appointed Estanislao Lynch as the major of Barracas.

His Legacy

Along with Chilean exiles and the

, he crossed the Andes to help liberate Chile.

Family

Eventually, he retired from the army and expanded the family's businesses to Valparaiso where he settled and married Carmen Solo de Zaldívar y Rivero, a lady from the Chilean high-society, the couple settled in

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and issued: * Luis Alfredo Lynch, Naval Officer *

Patricio Lynch Patricio Javier de los Dolores Lynch y Solo de Zaldívar (Valparaíso 18 December 1825 – 13 May 1886) was a lieutenant in the Royal Navy and a rear admiral in the Chilean Navy, and one of the principal figures of the later stages of the War of ...

, appointed Chilean Ambassador to Spain, previously a Naval officer in the

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reaching the rank of admiral. * Julio Angel Lynch, Naval Officer

References

* Coghlan, Eduardo A., Los Irlandeses en la Argentina: Su Actuación y Descendencia (Buenos Aires, 1987), p. 626. * Buenos Aires City Council, Archivo General de la Nación, Series IV, Vol. VII, Sections LXXIV to LXXIX, 1816 and 1817 (Buenos Aires, 1930). * Dictionary of Irish Latin American Biography, by Gonzalo Cané {{DEFAULTSORT:Lynch, Estanislao People from Buenos Aires People of the Argentine War of Independence Argentine people of Irish descent 1793 births 1849 deaths