Henry Eyre (23 October 1628 – 18 July 1678) was an English lawyer and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1659 and 1678. Eyre was the son of Giles Eyre, of

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, Whiteparish, Wiltshire and his wife Jane Snelgrove, daughter of Ambrose Snelgrove of

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. He was a student of

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in 1647 and became a fellow of

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in 1648. He was awarded BA on 26 June 1649, became a fellow of

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in 1651 and was awarded MA on 18 November 1652.'Alumni Oxonienses, 1500-1714: Eade-Eyton', Alumni Oxonienses 1500-1714: Abannan-Kyte (1891), pp. 440-479. Date accessed: 17 March 2011
/ref> He was called to the bar in 1653. In 1659, he was

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of Salisbury and was elected

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for

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in the

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. In 1660, Eyre was re-elected MP for Salisbury in the Convention Parliament. In 1675, he was elected MP for Downton and held the seat until his death. Eyre died in 1678 at the age of 49 and was buried at Whiteparish. Eyre married in about 1658, Dorothy Dodington, widow of Christopher Dodington of Lincoln's Inn and Horsington, Somerset, and daughter of Sir George Hastings of Woodlands.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Eyre, Henry 1628 births 1678 deaths Members of Lincoln's Inn Alumni of Jesus College, Oxford People from Salisbury Fellows of Merton College, Oxford People from Downton, Wiltshire 17th-century English lawyers English MPs 1659 English MPs 1660 English MPs 1661–1679