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
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 ...
, 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
Chile
Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country in the world, and the closest to Antarctica, occupying a long and narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east a ...
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
Chilean Navy
The Chilean Navy ( es, Armada de Chile) is the naval warfare service branch of the Chilean Armed Forces. It is under the Ministry of National Defense. Its headquarters are at Edificio Armada de Chile, Valparaiso.
History
Origins and the War ...
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
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People from Buenos Aires
People of the Argentine War of Independence
Argentine people of Irish descent
1793 births
1849 deaths