Henry Eyre (barrister)

Henry Eyre (23 October 1628 – 18 July 1678) was an English lawyer and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1659 and 1678.

Eyre was the son of Giles Eyre, of Brickworth, Whiteparish, Wiltshire and his wife Jane Snelgrove, daughter of Ambrose Snelgrove of Redlynch, Wiltshire.

[1] He was a student of Lincoln's Inn in 1647 and became a fellow of Jesus College, Oxford in 1648.

In 1675, he was elected MP for Downton and held the seat until his death.

[1] Eyre married in about 1658, Dorothy Dodington, widow of Christopher Dodington of Lincoln's Inn and Horsington, Somerset, and daughter of Sir George Hastings of Woodlands.