John Eyre, 1st Baron Eyre

John Eyre, 1st Baron Eyre (c. 1720 – 30 September 1781), was an Irish politician.

Eyre was the son of the Very Reverend Giles Eyre, Dean of Killaloe, by Mary Cox, granddaughter of Sir Richard Cox, 1st Baronet, Lord Chancellor of Ireland and was educated at Trinity College, Dublin.[1] He was the grandson of John Eyre, Member of Parliament for Galway County, and the great-grandson of John Eyre, Mayor of Galway. His uncle John Eyre also represented Galway County in the Irish Parliament.

Eyre was returned to the Irish House of Commons for Galway Borough in 1748, a seat he held until 1768.[2] The latter year he was raised to the Peerage of Ireland as Baron Eyre, of Eyrecourt in the County of Galway.[1]

Lord Eyre married Eleanor Staunton, daughter of James Staunton, in 1746. He died in September 1781. Eyre had no surviving sons and the barony died with him.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 thepeerage.com John Eyre, 1st and last Baron Eyre
  2. ↑ leighrayment.com Irish House of Commons 1692–1800
Parliament of Ireland
Preceded by
Thomas Staunton
Hon. Richard FitzPatrick		 Member of Parliament for Galway Borough
1748–1768
With: Thomas Staunton 1748–1760
Hon. Richard FitzPatrick 1761–1767
Denis Daly 1767–1768		 Succeeded by
James Daly
Robert French
Peerage of Ireland
New creation Baron Eyre
1768–1781 		Extinct
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