Thomas Lynch, Jr.
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- Other notable people share this name. See Thomas Lynch.
Thomas Lynch, Jr. (August 5, 1749–1779), was a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence as a representative of South Carolina.
He was born in South Carolina, the son of Thomas Lynch. He was and educated at Cambridge University in England. He studied law in London, returning to America in 1772. He became a company commander in the South Carolina regiment in 1775 and was elected to the Continental Congress. He was taken ill at the end of 1776 and he sailed, with his wife, for the West Indies. Their ship disappeared at sea.
External link
- biographic sketch at U.S. Congress website (http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000535)