Sir Henry Lynch-Blosse, 7th Baronet [SEP] noble title
Sir Henry Lynch-Blosse, 7th Baronet
Sir Henry Lynch-Blosse, 7th Baronet (14 October 1749 – 1788), was an Irish baronet and politician.
Biography.
The life of Sir Henry Lynch-Blosse, 7th Baronet was surrounded by controversy that centered on his relationship with his mistress, Sibella Cottle, by whom he fathered seven illegitimate children. The controversy focused on her residency in the Lynch-Blosse ‘Big House’ in the village of Balla, County Mayo and her reputed use of witchcraft
to spellbind Sir Henry to her for life. 
Lynch-Blosse was born in London, the first child of Robert Lynch and Elizabeth Barker. Elizabeth was the daughter and heir of Francis Barker, and niece and heir of Tobias Blosse. It was a condition of the marriage that Robert would assume the additional surname of Blosse and conform to Protestantism. Robert changed his surname by a private Act of Parliament of 1748. Henry, better known as Harry, spent the first few years of his life in his mother’s home