Sydney Basil Minch (14 June 1893 – 25 March 1970) was an Irish politician, army officer and brewer.
[1] He was born on 14 June 1893 in Rockfield, Athy, County Kildare, one of five sons of Matthew Minch, nationalist and anti-Parnellite MP for Kildare South, and Agnes Minch (née Hayden).
He fought with the 16th (Irish) Division at the Third Battle of Ypres during World War I, achieving the rank of captain.
A prominent figure in the Blueshirts, he was the first TD to wear a symbolic blue shirt in Dáil Éireann on 27 September 1933, but was opposed to the fascistic tendencies of the organisation.
[1] On leaving politics he became a director of the family malt firm, Minch, Norton & Co.[1]