William Lynch (Maryland politician)

William Lynch (February 15, 1788 – August 1857) was an American politician from Maryland.

Biography
William Lynch was born on February 15, 1788, near Jefferson, Maryland. His father was a soldier in the Revolutionary War.

Lynch was a Whig. He served as a member of the Maryland House of Delegates, representing Frederick County from 1840 to 1841, 1842 to 1844 and 1847 to 1849.

Lynch had at least three children. One son worked as a lawyer in Alexandria, Virginia. He had a son, John Alexander Lynch, with Eliza Boteler. His son John was a judge of the circuit court. His daughter Mary married Theophilus Stork, president of Newberry College in South Carolina and founder of St. Mark's English Lutheran Church in Baltimore. Lynch died on August 7 or 9, 1857, at his home near Jefferson.