Anthony Eyre

Anthony Eyre (9 January 1727 – 14 February 1788) was a British landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1774 and 1784.

Early life Eyre was born on 9 January 1727. He was the only surviving son of Anthony Eyre (–1748), High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire, and his wife, Margaret Turner (d. 1748).

His father was the eldest surviving son of Gervase Eyre of Rampton near East Retford, and Catherine Cooke (daughter and eventual heiress of Sir Henry Cooke, 2nd Baronet of Wheatley).

Career Eyre was returned as Member of Parliament for Boroughbridge on the interest of the Duke of Newcastle at the 1774 general election. He was returned unopposed in 1780. In 1783 he voted against Newcastle on a matter of principle and in a letter of apology commented that he did not expect to be brought in at the 1784 general election and did not stand.

Personal life

In 1755, Eyre married Judith Letitia Bury (1731–1800), a daughter of Catherine ( Hutchinson) Bury and John Bury of Grange, near Grantham. She was also the great-niece and heiress of Sir Hardolph Wasteneys, 4th Baronet, of Headon. Together, they were the parents of:

Anthony Hardolph Eyre (1757–1836), an MP for Nottinghamshire who married Francisca Wilbraham-Bootle, a daughter of Richard Wilbraham-Bootle of Lathom House, in 1783. John Eyre (1758–1830), the Archdeacon of Nottingham who married Charlotte Armytage, daughter of Sir George Armytage, 3rd Baronet. Julia Eyre (–1780), who married Robert Hay-Drummond, 10th Earl of Kinnoull in 1779.

Eyre died in 1788 and was buried at Rampton All Saints, where he has a monument.