Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900/Eyre, Thomas (1670-1715)

by Thompson Cooper

EYRE, THOMAS (1670–1715), jesuit, of the family settled at Eastwell, Leicestershire, was born on 23 Dec. 1670. He studied at the college of St. Omer, was admitted into the Society of Jesus in 1687, and was professed of the four vows on 8 March 1705–6. He was chaplain to the court of James II at St. Germain; became professor of theology at Liège (1701–4), and in 1712 was socius to the provincial of his order. He died in London on 9 Nov. 1715. Dr. Kirk believed him to be concerned in a biography of James II.

[Foley's Records, vi. 238; Kirk's Biog. Collections, manuscript quoted in Gillow's Bibl. Dict.; Oliver's Jesuit Collections, p. 87.]

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