Anthony Eyre ( – 1748) was an English landowner who served as
High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire
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.
Early life
Eyre was born in .
He was the eldest surviving son of
Gervase Eyre Esq. of
Rampton, Nottinghamshire
Rampton is a village in the civil parish of Rampton and Woodbeck, about east of Retford in the Bassetlaw district, in the county of Nottinghamshire, England. The parish is long and thin, extending about east–west but only about north–so ...
,
and Catherine Cooke (daughter and eventual heiress of
Sir Henry Cooke, 2nd Baronet of Wheatley Hall).
Among his siblings were Henry Eyre (father of Anne, who married the
1st Earl of Massereene), Capt. George Eyre of the
Royal Horse Guards
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, Dr. Charles Eyre (father of
Anthony Fountaine Eyre,
Canon of York).
His paternal grandparents were
Anthony Eyre and, his second wife, Elizabeth Pakington (a daughter of
Sir John Pakington, 2nd Baronet).
The Eyres were a branch of a prominent
Derbyshire
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family that established themselves at
Laughton-en-le-Morthen
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in South Yorkshrie. Eyre's great-great-grandfather acquired a
moiety
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of the manor of Rampton.
Career
Eyre succeeded his father in 1704. He torn down the old family manor house at Rampton, near
East Retford
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, and moved to the family's other residence at
Laughton-en-le-Morthen
Laughton en le Morthen is a village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham lying to the south of Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England, and its main attraction is the All Saints Church with its tower and spire of 185 feet. The ...
, South Yorkshire. He also bought an estate at
Adwick le Street
Adwick le Street is a village in the City of Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England. It is situated north-west of Doncaster. It had a population of 2,815 as of 2014.
Adwick lends its name to the wider Adwick le Street & Carcroft ward of Doncaste ...
, near Doncaster, from his uncle,
Sir George Cooke, 3rd Baronet
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, in 1733, where he lived until his death.
He served as
High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire
This is a list of the High Sheriffs of the English county of Nottinghamshire.
The High Sheriff is the oldest secular office under the Crown. Formerly the High Sheriff was the principal law enforcement officer in the county but over the centu ...
in 1729.
Personal life
On 23 December 1717, Eyre was married to Margaret Turner (d. 1748), daughter of Charles Turner Esq. of Kirk Leatham, Yorkshire. Together, they were the parents of:
* Gervase Eyre (1720–1741), who died unmarried.
*
Anthony Eyre (1727–1788), an MP for
Boroughbridge
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who married Judith Letitia Bury, a daughter of John Bury and the great-niece and heiress of
Sir Hardolph Wasteneys, 4th Baronet, in 1755.
* Margaret Eyre (b. 1719), who married Bache Thornhill Esq. in 1742.
* Katherine Eyre (1721–1803), who married Matthew Dodsworth Esq. in 1758.
* Elizabeth Eyre (b. 1722), who married Chambers.
* Diana Eyre (b. 1723), who died unmarried.
* Mary Eyre (b. 1726), who married Anthony Cooke in 1752.
Eyre died in 1748 and was buried at
Laughton.
References
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1690s births
1748 deaths
People from Bassetlaw District
High sheriffs of Nottinghamshire