Col. John EYRE (Eyrecourt Castle)

• Birth: 1720
• Death: 30 SEP 1781

• Marriage: 1746

1. John EYRE
2. Hon. Mary EYRE

                                                                             _Giles EYRE _____
                                                       _John EYRE __________|_Jane SNELGROVE _
                             _John "Proud_Eyre" EYRE _|
                            |                         |                      _Philip BYGOE ___
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 _The_Very_Rev. Giles EYRE _|
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|--Col. John EYRE 
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|_Mary COX _________________|
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Notes

!SOURCE: Sir Bernard Burke, A GENEALOGICAL HISTORY OF THE DORMANT, ABEYANT, FORFEITED, AND EXTINCT PEERAGES OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, 1978, p. 194. Was elevated to the peerage of Ireland, by patent dated 16 July, 1768, as Baron Eyre, of Eyrecourt, co. Galway. His lordship m. 1746, Eleanor, dau of James Staunton, Esq., of Galway, and had an only dau., Mary. Lord Eyre d. 30 September, 1781, when the title became extinct. His estates devolved on his nephew, Giles Eyre, Esq., colonel of the Galway militia, who d. in 1829, leaving, with other issue, a son and successor, John Eyre, Esq., of Eyrecourt, who m. 21 August, 1818, and d. in 1856, leaving with other issue a son, John Eyre, Esq., of Eyrecourt Castle. !ARMS: Arg. on a chev., sa., three quatrefoils, or.

!SOURCE: A GENEALOGY AND HERALDIC HISTORY OF THE COMMONERS OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND, Vol. I, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, 1977, p. 594.

!SOURCE: BURKE'S IRISH FAMILY RECORDS, American Edition, Burke's Peerage Limited, London, 1976, p. 396. Col. John, 1st and last Baron Eyre, of Eyrecourt, cr Baron Eyre in PEERAGE of Ireland 16 July 1768, educ. Trin. Coll Dublin (matric. 15 July 1738, aged 18, hon LLD 1754), m 1746, Eleanor, dau of James Staunton, of Galway, and had issue. His lordship dsps 30 Sept 1781, when the peerage became extinct. He was s in the estates by his nephew.

!SOURCE: Rev. Allen Stewart Hartigan, M.A. in A SHORT ACCOUNT OF THE FAMILY OF EYRE OF EYRECOURT AND EYRE OF EYREVILL IN THE COUNTY OF GALWAY, nd, p. 12. John Eyre was created Lord Eyre of Eyrecourt, the only Wiltshire Eyre that ever held a peerage. Unfortunately he left no male issue to perpetuate the title. he married, in 1746, Eleanor dr. of James Staunton of Galway. Cumberland thus writes of Lord Eyre and Eyrecourt.-- "On this visit to Mr. Talbot I was accompanied by Lord Eyre of Eyrecourt, a neighbour and friend of my father. This noble lord, though pretty far advanced in years, as so correctly indigenous as never to have been out of Ireland in his life, and not often so far from Eyrecourt, as on this tour to Mr. Talbot's. Proprietor of a vast extent of soil, not very productive, and inhabiting a spacious mansion, not in the best repair, he lived according to the style of the country, with more hospitality than elegance, and whilst his table groaned with abundance, the order and good taste of its arrangements were little thought of. The slaughtered ox was hung up whole, adn the hungry servitor supplied himself with his dole of flesh sliced from the carcase. "His lordwhip's day was so apportioned as to give the afternoon by much the largest share of it, during which, from the early dinner to the hour of rest, he never left the chair, nor did the claret ever quit the table. "This did not produce inebrity, for it was sipping rather than drinking that filled up the time, and this mechanical process of gradually moistening the human clay was carried out with very little aid from conversation, for his lorship's companions were not very communicative, and fortunately he was not very curious." John, Lord Eyre d. 30 Sep., 1781, leaving issue an only dr., the Hon. Mary Eyre m. Hon James Caulfield, son of the 3rd Lord Charlemont. They were both lost at sea with their infant child in a hurricane between England and Ireland in 1775, their surviving issue being James Eyre Caulfield and Eleanor Caulfield, who m. the Hon. William Howard, 3rd Earl of Wicklow. With the death of Lord Eyre without male issue the title expired, whilst Eyrecourt and the representation of the family passed on to his nephew Giles, son of Richard Eyre [RIN 182].