Background
He was the son of Anthony Eyre of Rampton, Nottinghamshire and his second wife Elizabeth, educated at Christ Church, Oxford and trained in the law at the Inner Temple (1686).
He was the son of Anthony Eyre of Rampton, Nottinghamshire and his second wife Elizabeth, educated at Christ Church, Oxford and trained in the law at the Inner Temple (1686).
Christ Church.
He succeeded his father in 1671 at the age of two. He was appointed as a deputy-lieutenant of Nottinghamshire in 1692 and as High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire for 1696-1697. He was elected a knight of the shire (Member of Parliament) for Nottinghamshire in 1698 and was re-elected in 1702.
He died in London in 1704 and was buried in the chancel of All Saints’ church, Rampton.