British landowner and politician
Anthony Eyre (c. 1691 – 1748) was an English landowner who served as High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire.
Early life.
Eyre was born in c. 1691. He was the eldest surviving son of Gervase Eyre Esq. of Rampton, Nottinghamshire, 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, 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 family that established themselves at Laughton-en-le-Morthen in South Yorkshrie. Eyre's great-great-grandfather acquired a moiety 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, and moved to the family's other residence at Laughton-en-le-Morthen, South Yorkshire. He also bought an estate at Adwick le Street, near Doncaster, from his uncle, Sir George Cooke, 3rd Baronet, in 1733, where he lived until his death.
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:
Eyre died in 1748 and was buried at Laughton.
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