Anthony Eyre (sheriff)
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Anthony Eyre | |
|---|---|
| High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire | |
| In office 1728–1729 | |
| Preceded by | Richard Browne |
| Succeeded by | Samuel Peak |
| Personal details | |
| Born | c. 1691 |
| Died | 1748 |
| Spouse |
Margaret Turner
(m. 1717; died 1748) |
| Relations | Anthony Eyre (grandfather) John Eyre (grandson) George Eyre (grandson) |
| Children | Anthony Eyre |
| Parent(s) | Gervase Eyre Catherine Cooke |
Anthony Eyre (c. 1691 – 1748) was an English landowner who served as High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire.
Eyre was born in c. 1691.[1] He was the eldest surviving son of Gervase Eyre Esq. of Rampton, Nottinghamshire,[2] and Catherine Cooke (daughter and eventual heiress of Sir Henry Cooke, 2nd Baronet of Wheatley Hall).[3] Among his siblings were Henry Eyre (father of Anne, who married the 1st Earl of Massereene), Capt. George Eyre of the Royal Horse Guards, Dr. Charles Eyre (father of Anthony Fountaine Eyre, Canon of York).[3]
His paternal grandparents were Anthony Eyre and, his second wife, Elizabeth Pakington (a daughter of Sir John Pakington, 2nd Baronet).[3] The Eyres were a branch of a prominent Derbyshire family that established themselves at Laughton-en-le-Morthen in South Yorkshire. Eyre's great-great-grandfather acquired a moiety of the manor of Rampton.[2]