Anthony Eyre, of Rampton

• Burke, Bernard, Sir. A genealogical and heraldic history of the landed gentry of Great Britain & Ireland 6th ed. London : Harrison 1879. Vol I. page 532

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Anthony Eyre (1691-1748) of Laughton-en-le-Morthen & Adwick-le-Street married in 1717 Margaret (d 1748) daughter of Charles Turner of Kirk Leatham, Yorkshire. Children:

• Margaret (b 1719), m in 1742 Bache Thornhill(d.1763) of Stanton
• Gervase (1720-1741)
• Katherine (1721-1803), m in 1758 Matthew Dodsworth Esq.
• Elizabeth (b 1722)
• Diana (b 1723)
• Mary (b 1726), m in 1752 Anthony Cooke
• Anthony (1727-1788) m.Judith Laetitia Bury

Anthony Eyre(1691-1748) pulled down the manor house at Rampton, and moved to Laughton-en-le-Morthen. He bought an estate at Adwick-le-Street, Doncaster from his uncle, Sir George Cooke, in 1733, where he lived until his death in 1748. He was buried at Laughton-en-le-Morthen. He served as High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire in 1729.

Anthony Eyre (1727-1788) married in 1755 Judith Laetitia Bury (1731-1800), daughter of John Bury and Catherine Hutchinson, and the great-niece and heiress of Sir Hardolph Wasteneys. Children:

• Anthony Hardolph (1757-1836)
• John (1758-1830) Archdeacon of Nottingham, m in 1790 Charlotte, daughter of Sir George Armytage
• Charles (1768-1796)of Grove and Headon
• Sir George (1769-1839), K.C.B., Vice-Admiral, Royal Navy, m 1800 Georgiana, daughter of Sir George Cooke of Wheatley
• Julia (1760-1780) m in 1779 Robert Auriol Hay Drummond 10th Earl of Kinnoul

Anthony Eyre(1727-1788) was MP for Boroughbridge, In 1762 he purchased the manor and estate of Grove in Nottinghamshire, and Grove Hall was his principal residence.

Anthony Hardolph Eyre (1757-1836) married 1783 Francisca Alicia (d 1810), daughter of Richard Wilbraham Bootle of Latham Hall, Lancashire. Children:

• Gervase Anthony (1791-1811) killed at the Battle of Barossa, Spain, in 1811
• Mary Letitia (1784-1860) m in 1804 Charles Herbert Pierrepont, 2nd Earl Manvers
• Frances Julia (d 1844), m in 1814 Granville Harcourt Vernon (1792-1879), who inherited the manors of Grove and Headon
• Henrietta

Henrietta married twice: 1. cousin John Hardolph Eyre (1792-1817), son of John Eyre, Archdeacon of York. 2. Henry Gally Knight, M.P. (1786-1846)

The Manor of Laughton was sold to Anthony St. Leger of Firbeck in 1767.

On the death of Anthony Eyre, the manor of Rampton was inherited by John Hardolph Eyre's brother Reverend Charles Wasteneys Eyre in 1835.

Colonel Henry Eyre (b1834), son of Charles Wasteneys Eyre of Rampton and Lucy Dorothy (Nee Foulis) married in 1861 Kathleen (d.1899) daughter of Rev. Robert Machell of Beverley, Yorkshire. They had a son, Gervas Malcolm (b1862). Henry was JP for Nottinghamshire, and became Lord of the Manor of Rampton on the death of his father in 1862. He also owned land in Treswell, Nottinghamshire. He died in Lincoln in 1904.

Henry Eyre sold the Rampton estate in 1893 to Mr.Cottham who in 1902 sold to Charles R. Ellis.

Source: Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry Sheffield Archives: Bagshawe Collection Laughton Parish Registers

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BIOGRAPHY Anthony Eyre pulled down the old family manor house at Rampton, and moved to the family's other residence at Laughton En Le Morthen, south Yorkshire. He also bought an estate at Adwick le Street near Doncaster from his uncle Sir George Cooke, in 1733, and lived there until his death. He was buried at Laughton. He served as High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire in 1729.