Sir Sir Robert EYRE

1666 - 1735  (69 years)

• Name	Sir Robert EYRE  [1]
  Title	Sir
  Born	1666
  Gender	Male
  Baptism	1666	New House, Whiteparish, Wiltshire   [1, 2]
  Occupation	1690
  	Barrister
  Occupation	1696  [3]
  	Salisbury Recorder
  Occupation	Between 1698 and 1710  [3]
  	M.P. for Salisbury
  Occupation	21 Oct 1708
  	Solicitor General
  Occupation	16 Nov 1723  [3]
  	Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer
  Occupation	27 May 1725
  	Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas
  Died	28 Dec 1735  [1, 3]
  Buried	7 Jan 1736	St Thomas's, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England   [3]
  Person ID	I4011	Chap 05 New Sarum
  Last Modified	2 Nov 2013

  
  

  Father	Sir Sir Samuel EYRE,   b. Bef 26 Dec 1633,   d. 12 Sep 1698, Lancaster  (Age > 64 years)
  Mother	Martha LUCY,   d. 6 May 1728, St Thomas Church, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England
  Married	1666	Whiteparish, Wiltshire, England   [1, 2]
  Family ID	F15	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth RUDGE,   d. 21 Sep 1724, St. Thomas's, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England
  Married	1686  [1]
  Children	1. Robert EYRE,   b. Abt 1687,   d. Bef 24 Dec 1752  (Age ~ 65 years)   2. Edward EYRE,   d. 29 Jun 1750, St Thomas Church, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England   3. Rev. Samuel EYRE,   d. 2 Dec 1742, St Thomas Church, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England   4. Elizabeth EYRE,   b. 1692,   d. 20 May 1760  (Age 68 years)   5. Rev. Francis EYRE,   d. 28 Oct 1738, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England
  Last Modified	27 Jun 2021
  Family ID	F14	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos

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• Notes

  Recorder of Salisbury 1696: M.P. for Salisbury 1698 and five succeeding Parliaments; Solicitor-General1708;Judge of the Court of King's Bench; Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer 1723; Chancellor to the Prince of Wales (afterwards George II); and Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas. Sir Robert's whole career on the three Benches lasted over twenty-one years. [1] Entered Lincoln's Inn. source: Dict. Nat. Biography. Called to the bar, and went on the western circuit. Source: Dict. nat. Bisgraphy page 965. Became Lord Chief Baron. source: Dict Nat Bigraphy page 965 Became Lord Chief Justice of the common pleas. Source: Dict Nat Biography Page 966

  
  

• Sources

  [S1] Eyre Notes & Queries, Rev A S Hartigan, (Rev Allen Stewart Hartigan. MA, TCD,, Broadwell, Moreton-in-Marsh. Glos., 1911-1918), Page 60. [S258] WWW Pedigree. [S330] DNB.