Anthony Eyre

Anthony Eyre ( – 1748) was an English landowner who served as High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire.

Early life Eyre was born in . and Catherine Cooke (daughter and eventual heiress of Sir Henry Cooke, 2nd Baronet of Wheatley Hall).

His paternal grandparents were Anthony Eyre and, his second wife, Elizabeth Pakington (a daughter of Sir John Pakington, 2nd Baronet).

He served as High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire 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 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.