The Inspector Lynley Mysteries The Inspector Lynley Mysteries The Inspector Lynley Mysteries is a British crime drama, broadcast on BBC One from 12 March 2001 to 1 June 2008, comprising six series and twenty-three episodes. The protagonist, Detective Inspector Thomas "Tommy" Lynley, 8th Earl of Asherton (Nathaniel Parker), who is assigned to Scotland Yard, finds himself paired with Detective Sergeant Barbara Havers (Sharon Small). In addition to the tensions involved in solving murder cases, the series is built on clashes of personality, gender and class: Lynley is a polished man and a peer of the realm, and Havers is an untidy woman from a
James FitzGerald, 8th Earl of Desmond to A.D. 1616", Dublin. Brian Geraghty, 1846, p. 282] James FitzGerald, 8th Earl of Desmond James FitzGerald, 8th Earl of Desmond (1459–1487) was the son of Thomas FitzGerald, 7th Earl of Desmond and his wife, Ellice de Barry, daughter of William Barry, 8th Baron Barry, and Ellen de la Roche. The execution of the 7th Earl of Desmond provoked an immediate and violent reaction. The dead earl’s elder sons ‘raised their standards and drew their swords, resolved to avenge their father’s murder’. James younger brother, Gerald, laid waste a great deal in Leith and Munster in revenge for his father.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=DdhC3eVIdHgC&pg=PA530&dq=James+FitzGerald,+8th+Earl+of+Desmond&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjDkbTshJjZAhVPrVkKHVoGDLc4FBDoAQg_MAQ#v=onepage&q=James%20FitzGerald%2C%208th%20Earl%20of%20Desmond&f=false