Walpole EYRE

1734 - 1773  (38 years)

• Name	Walpole EYRE
  Born	24 Apr 1734	Pensioners Army Hospital, Chelsea, London, England
  Gender	Male
  Baptism	21 May 1734	Royal Chelsea Hospital, London, England   [1]
  Died	18 Apr 1773	Burnham, Buckinghamshire, England   [2]
  Buried	26 Apr 1773	Burnham Parish Church, Buckinghamshire, England   [3]
  Person ID	I4074	Chap 05 New Sarum
  Last Modified	18 Oct 2013

  
  

  Father	Kingsmill EYRE,   b. Bef 23 May 1682,   d. 20 Mar 1743, Chelsea Hospital Churchyard  (Age > 60 years)
  Mother	Susannah ATKINSON,   d. Bef 15 Apr 1771
  Married	Abt 1727  [4]
  Family ID	F18	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Sarah JOHNSON,   b. 25 Feb 1744,   d. 28 Jul 1823, Eltham Church, Kent, England  (Age 79 years)
  Married	5 Nov 1767  [1, 2]
  Children	1. Col Henry Samuel EYRE,   b. 26 Aug 1770,   d. 6 Mar 1851  (Age 80 years)   2. John Thomas EYRE,   b. Bef 5 Nov 1771,   d. 18 Apr 1811, St. John's Wood  (Age > 39 years)   3. Sarah EYRE,   d. 15 Apr 1774, Burnham, Wiltshire, England   4. Walpole EYRE,   b. 1773,   d. 23 Feb 1856, Marylebone reg district  (Age 83 years)
  Last Modified	5 Jun 2017
  Family ID	F32	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Walpole Eyre succeeded his uncle Henry Samuel Eyre, in the valuable St. John's Wood Estate. He was poisoned at a public dinner at Salt Hill, Slough, by food cooked in a copper vessel. He was called Walpole after his godfather, Sir Robert Walpole. [2]

  
  

• Sources

  [S329] Parish Record (on file). [S1] Eyre Notes & Queries, Rev A S Hartigan, (Rev Allen Stewart Hartigan. MA, TCD,, Broadwell, Moreton-in-Marsh. Glos., 1911-1918), Page 71. [S328] IGI. [S1] Eyre Notes & Queries, Rev A S Hartigan, (Rev Allen Stewart Hartigan. MA, TCD,, Broadwell, Moreton-in-Marsh. Glos., 1911-1918), Page 65.