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Lynch, H. F. B. (Harry Finnis Blosse), 1862-1913
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Dates of existence
1862-1913
History
Henry Finnis Blosse Lynch was born on April 18, 1862, in London, England.
He was a British traveller, businessman, and Liberal politician. He was educated at Eton College, the University of Heidelberg, Germany, and Trinity College, Cambridge. Although he was called to the bar from the Middle Temple in 1887, he eschewed a career in law in favour of working for his family business, Lynch Brothers, founded in Baghdad in 1841. It exported goods from Britain to Mesopotamia. Lynch became the company's chairman in 1896. He was elected at the 1906 general election as Member of Parliament for Ripon but was defeated at the January 1910 general election. He bequeathed a large number of middle-eastern artifacts to the British Museum. Photographs by Lynch are held by the British Library and the Conway Library at The Courtauld Institute of Art. He wrote the book, "Armenia, Travels and Studies" (2 vols., 1901).
He died unmarried on November 24, 1913, in Calais, France.