Anthony Eyre (Boroughbridge MP)

Anthony Eyre (9 January 1727 – 14 February 1788) was a British landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1774 and 1784.

He was the only surviving son of Anthony Eyre (c. 1691–1748), High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire, and his wife, Margaret Turner (d.

[3] Eyre was returned as Member of Parliament for Boroughbridge on the interest of the Duke of Newcastle at the 1774 general election.

In 1783 he voted against Newcastle on a matter of principle and in a letter of apology commented that he did not expect to be brought in at the 1784 general election and did not stand.

He also bought an estate at Adwick le Street near Doncaster from his uncle, Sir George Cooke, 3rd Baronet, in 1733, and lived there until his death in 1748 when young Eyre succeeded to his father's estates of Rampton, Laughton-en-le-Morthen, and Adwick le Street.