Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Eyre, (Sir) James

by Joseph Foster

Eyre, (Sir) James, s. Thomas, of Wells, Somerset, cler. St. John's Coll., matric. 27 Oct., 1749, aged 15; of Ruscombe, Berks, admitted to Lincoln's Inn 1753, as late of Winchester School, and son of Mr. Chancellor Eyre, migrated to Gray's Inn 1755, bar.-at-law 25 Nov., 1755, ex gratia (per Lord Chief Baron Parker), bencher 1763, treasurer 1766, recorder of City of London 1763-72, a baron of the Exchequer 1772-87, and knighted 22 Oct., 1772, chief baron 1787-94, chief commissioner of the Great Seal June, 1793, to Jan., 1794, chief justice Common Pleas 1794, until his death 6 July, 1799.