Anthony Hardolph Eyre

Anthony Hardolph Eyre JP (8 March 1757 – 13 April 1836) was a British landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons.

In 1762 he purchased the manor and estate of Grove in Nottinghamshire, adjacent to his other properties at Rampton, Treswell and Headon.

[4] Eyre was commissioned as an Ensign in the 1st Foot Guards in 1776, quickly rising to Captain in 1778, and Lieutenant-Colonel in 1787.

Also in 1803, he was elected as Member of Parliament for Nottinghamshire,[5] serving alongside his future son-in-law, Charles Pierrepont (styled Viscount Newark from 1806 when his father was created Earl Manvers, a title he inherited in 1816).

[6] Together, they were the parents of:[4] As his only son died in 1811, his estates were divided between his younger daughters Frances (whose husband Granville inherited Grove and Headon), and Henrietta (whose husband's brother, Charles Wasteneys Eyre, inherited Rampton) after his death in 1836.