Robert Eyre
British Member of Parliament

Robert Eyre

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British Member of Parliament
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14 December 1752
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Robert Eyre (c.1693–1752), of Newhouse, Wiltshire, was a British lawyer and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1727 to 1729.

Eyre was the eldest son of Sir Robert Eyre, MP, of Newhouse, and his wife Elizabeth Rudge, daughter of Edward Rudge of Warley, Essex. He was admitted at Lincolns Inn in 1710 andcalled to the bar in1723. He marriedMary Fellowes, daughter of William Fellowes of Eggesford, Devon.

Eyre succeeded his father asRecorder of Southampton in 1723, holding the post until 1742.At the1727 British general election, he was returned as Member of Parliament for Southampton. He voted with the Administration on the civil list arrears in 1729. In May 1729, he vacated his seat on being appointed a commissioner of excise. He was elected one of the trustees of the Georgia Society on 21 March 1734. In 1735 he succeeded his father to Newhouse.He became a common councillor of the Georgia Societyon 17 March 1737.

Eyre died on 14 December 1752, leaving one son.