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About Charles Lynch
Charles Lynch was an American planter, politician, military officer and judge who headed a kangaroo court in Virginia to punish Loyalists during the Revolutionary War. The terms "lynching" and "lynch law" are believed to be derived from his surname.
Everything about Charles Lynch →- Occupation
- lawyer, politician, judge, land owner
- Position held
- member of the State Senate of Virginia, municipal executive, member of the Virginia House of Burgesses
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- 1736
- Died
- October 29, 1796