Family and Education
b. c. 1667, 1st s. of Sir Samuel Eyre of New House, j.Kb, by Martha, da. and coh. of Francis Lucy of Westminster and Brightwalton, Berks. educ. Lincoln, Oxf. 1683; L. Inn 1683, called 1690, bencher 1707, treasurer 1709. m. 6 Dec. 1694 (with £4,000), Elizabeth (d. 1724), da. of Edward Rudge* and sis. of John Rudge*, 3s. 1da. suc. fa. 1698; Kntd. 6 May 1710. Hoare, Wilts. Frustfield, 56; Burke, Commoners, iii. 291; Vis. Warws. (Harl. Soc. lxii), 93–94; Vis. Eng. and Wales Notes ed. Crisp, xii. 38; Al. Carth. 86; Boyer, Pol. State, l. 680; PCC 213 Lort.
Offices Held
Dep. recorder, Salisbury 1693–5, recorder 1695–d.; recorder, Southampton 1703–23; recorder and alderman, Bristol 1704–28; gov. Charterhouse by 1723–d.
QC 1707, solicitor-gen. 1708– May 1710; j.Qb May 1710–Nov. 1723, serjeant-at-law 1710; chancellor to Prince of Wales 1714–?27; commr. for building 50 new churches 1715; l.c. baron of the Exchequer Nov. 1723–May 1725; l.c.j.c.p. May 1725–d.
Main residence: New House, Whiteparish, Wilts.
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Commons 1690-1715
Web Title
EYRE, Robert (c.1667-1735)
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Oxford 1644
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Religion
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