Joseph Lynch (trade unionist)
Joseph Lynch (29 December 1883 - 1972) was a British trade unionist. Born in New Whittington in Derbyshire, to Michael Lynch, a Coal Miner from Clashmore, County Waterford, Ireland and Mary Ann (Lavender). Lynch studied economics at Ruskin College and Nottingham University College, and sat the commerce examinations of the Royal Society of Arts, coming in first place, and the National Union of Teachers, where he took second place. In 1912, he was employed by the Derbyshire Miners' Association (DMA) as its first clerk. While in this post, he wrote "Business Methods and Accountancy in Trade Unions