Estanislao José Antonio Lynch y Roo (1793–1849), was an Argentine army officer and businessman, who took part of the Argentina War of Independence. Estanislao was the grandson of an Irish immigrant, Patrick Lynch, and the third son of Justo Pastor Lynch (1755–1830) and Ana Bernardo Roo (d. 1836).

Career

Born in Buenos Aires, Lynch moved to Santiago de Chile in 1808, where he studied laws. He became a partner of David DeForest, an American arms trader, sharing 30% of the business. On 2 January 1817 the Buenos Aires city council appointed Estanislao Lynch as major of Barracas. Later that year, Lynch enlisted in the Argentine Army of the Andes, and offered financial and material support to command-in-chief .Jose de San Martin. After the army victory at Chacabuco, San Martin named him his personal secretary, with the rank of colonel, in February 1818. In 1821, Lynch married Carmen Solo de Zaldívar y Rivero, a lady from the Chilean high-society just before joining San Martin forces in their military campaign in Peru.

Family

Eventually, Lynch retired from the army and expanded the family's businesses to Valparaiso, Chile, where he settled with his wife and issued: