Giles Eyre, Very Rev^[1]

1699 - 1750  (50 years)

• Name	Giles Eyre
  Suffix	Very Rev
  Born	26 Sep 1699	Eyrecourt, Galway, Ireland
  Gender	Male
  Died	17 Jan 1750
  Person ID	I1153	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	23 Feb 2020

  
  

  Father	John Eyre,   b. Abt 1659, Probably, Eyrecourt, Galway, Ireland ,   d. Abt 1709  (Age ~ 50 years)
  Mother	Margery Preston,   b. Abt 1658, Probably, Craigmillar, Scotland ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	7 Feb 1677	Probably, Craigmillar, Scotland
  Family ID	F367	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Cox,   d. 1740  [1]
  Married	30 Dec 1717
  Children	1. John Eyre,   b. 1720,   d. 1781  (Age 61 years)   2. Richard Eyre, Captain,   b. Abt 1722, Eyrecourt, Galway, Ireland ,   d. 31 Mar 1780, Eyrecourt, Galway, Ireland  (Age ~ 58 years)   3. Robert Eyre,   b. 1724   4. James Eyre,   b. 1726   5. Susannah Eyre,   b. 1728
  Last Modified	23 Feb 2020
  Family ID	F368	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Rev. Giles Eyre of Eyrecourt 1745 to 1757 Giles Eyre of Eyrecourt pursued a career in the Church of Ireland, serving as Dean of Killaloe, Archdeacon of Ross and Chancellor of Cork. Gantz gives him as a third son of John Eyre the younger and Margery Preston and born in 1690, while Burke’s ‘Landed Gentry’ gives him as a younger son of that John Eyre of Eyrecourt who died in 1741 and Hartigan as the elder of the two sons of that John who died in 1741.[liv] This Dean Eyre was said to have resided at Eyrecourt Castle prior to succeeding to the property, his elder brother John said to have preferred living in Dublin.[lv] The Dean was also said to have provided many of the books in that house, the preceding occupiers not having been inclined to scholarly pursuits. Dean Eyre was married to Mary, daughter of Richard Cox, eldest son of one Sir Richard Cox, bart., and a granddaughter of Sir Richard Cox of Dunmanway, one time Lord Chancellor of Ireland.[lix] His wife died about five years before her husband succeeded to the family estates. Dean Eyre died in 1757, leaving two sons, John and Richard, the eldest of who inherited the Castle and estates. Source: http://burkeseastgalway.com/eyre-of-eyrecourt-part-i/

  
  

• Sources

  [S240] Keith Eyre Jones Family History. Record originated from Keith Eyre Jones