Robert Eyre (c.1693–1752), of Newhouse, Wiltshire, was a British lawyer and politician who sat in the
House of Commons
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from 1727 to 1729.
Eyre was the eldest son of
Sir Robert Eyre, MP, of Newhouse, and his wife Elizabeth Rudge, daughter of Edward Rudge of Warley, Essex. He was admitted at
Lincoln's Inn
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in 1710
and called to the bar in 1723. He married Mary Fellowes, daughter of
William Fellowes of Eggesford, Devon.
Eyre succeeded his father as Recorder of Southampton in 1723, holding the post until 1742. At the
1727 British general election
The 1727 British general election returned members to serve in the House of Commons of the 7th Parliament of Great Britain to be summoned, after the merger of the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland in 1707. The election was trigg ...
, he was returned as
Member of Parliament for
Southampton
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. He voted with the Administration on the civil list arrears in 1729. In May 1729, he vacated his seat on being appointed a commissioner of excise. He was elected one of the trustees of the Georgia Society on 21 March 1734. In 1735 he succeeded his father to Newhouse. He became a common councillor of the Georgia Society on 17 March 1737.
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Eyre died on 14 December 1752, leaving one son.][
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References
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1690s births
1752 deaths
Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituencies
British MPs 1727–1734