Robert Eyre (other)
Sir Robert Eyre (166628 December 1735) was an English lawyer and Whig politician who sat in the English House of Commons, English and House of Commons of Great Britain, British House of Commons from 1698 to 1710. He served as Solicitor General for England and Wales, Solicitor-General and then as a judge, and ultimately as Chief Justice of the Common Pleas. Early life Eyre was the eldest son of Samuel Eyre, Sir Samuel Eyre of New House, Whiteparish, Wiltshire and his wife Martha Lucy, daughter of Francis Lucy of Westminster and Brightwalton, Berkshire. He was educated at the City Grammar School, Salisbury, was admitted at Lincoln's Inn on 2 April 1683, and matriculated at Lincoln College, Oxford on 11 May 1683. In 1690, he was called to the bar. He married Elizabeth Rudge, daughter of Edward Rudge, MP, with £4,000, on 6 December 1694. He succeeded his father in 1698. Career Eyre became deputy recorder of Salisbury in 1693 and became Recorder in 1695 for the rest of his life. ...
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Sir Robert Eyre By John Riley
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