James Eyre (other)
James Eyre may refer to: *Sir James Eyre (judge) (1734–1799), English judge *Sir James Eyre (British Army officer) (1930–2003) * James Eyre (philologist) (1748–1813), English philologist *Sir James Eyre (physician) Sir James Eyre M.D. (1792–1857), was an English physician and Mayor of Hereford. In October 1811, Eyre commenced his medical education at St. Bartholomew's Hospital, where he was a pupil of John Abernethy. In 1813, seventy-five students subscri ... (1792–1857), English physician and mayor of Hereford See also * Jim Eyre (other) {{hndis, Eyre, James ...
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James Eyre (judge)
Sir James Eyre PC, (17341 July 1799) was an English judge, the son of the Rev. Thomas Eyre, of Wells, Somerset. Biography He was educated at Winchester College and at St John's College, Oxford, which he left without taking a degree. He was called to the bar at Gray's Inn in 1755, through the influence of Thomas Parker, chief baron of the exchequer. He commenced practice in the lord mayors and sheriffs courts, paying £63 (''2011: £'') for one of the four counsel to the City of London Corporation. He was appointed Recorder of London in 1763 and knighted in 1770. He was counsel for the plaintiff in the case of ''Wilkes v. Wood'', and made a brilliant speech in condemnation of the execution of general search warrants. His refusal to voice the remonstrances of the corporation against the exclusion of Wilkes from Parliament earned him the recognition of the ministry, and he was appointed a Baron of the Exchequer in 1772 and Chief Baron of the Exchequer in 1787. From June 1792 ...
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James Eyre (British Army Officer)
Major General Sir James Ainsworth Campden Gabriel Eyre, (2 November 1930 – 3 January 2003) was a senior British Army officer, who served as Major-General Commanding the Household Division and General Officer Commanding London District from 1983 until his retirement in 1986. Military career Educated privately in the United States and at Harvard University, Eyre was commissioned into the Royal Horse Guards in 1955.Obituary: Major-General Sir James Eyre
Daily Telegraph, 8 January 2003 He served in and was

James Eyre (philologist)
James Eyre (1748–1813), was an English philologist. Eyre was educated at Trinity College, Oxford and Caius College, Cambridge. The ''DNB'' gives his college as Catharine Hall, Cambridge. He became head-master of Solihull Grammar School for thirty years until his death, and rector of Winterbourne Stoke (1801–13) and Nettleton (1802-13) in Wiltshire. He annotated Samuel Johnson's ''English Dictionary'' (in manuscript), and his notes were incorporated by Henry John Todd Henry John Todd (1763–1845) was an English Anglican cleric, librarian, and scholar, known as an editor of John Milton. He was librarian at Lambeth Palace (1803), and examined and described manuscripts, chiefly biblical, which formerly belonge ... in his edition of Johnson's ''Dictionary''. He died in 1813. References 1748 births 1813 deaths English Christian religious leaders English philologists English lexicographers 18th-century philologists 19th-century philologists Alumni of Trinity Col ...
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James Eyre (physician)
Sir James Eyre M.D. (1792–1857), was an English physician and Mayor of Hereford. In October 1811, Eyre commenced his medical education at St. Bartholomew's Hospital, where he was a pupil of John Abernethy. In 1813, seventy-five students subscribed to give the great silver cup with cover to Abernethy which is now used as a loving-cup at the annual dinner of the teachers of the medical school of St. Bartholomew's, and Eyre was chosen to present the piece of plate. In 1814 he became a member of the College of Surgeons, and began practice in Hereford, where he attained some local celebrity; in 1830 Eyre was elected mayor (or in 1929), and was knighted in that year on the accession of William IV. George Drinkwater, mayor of Liverpool, was the only other mayor knighted, and a remark of Abernethy to a patient on these honours preserves the correct pronunciation of Eyre's name. "Go away," said Abernethy, "and have always in your thoughts the names of the mayors who have just been knighte ...
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