John Eyre (Archdeacon of Sheffield)

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John Rashdall Eyre was an Anglican priest in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. [1]

He was born 21 June 1845, and educated at Clare College, Cambridge. [2] Ordained in 1873, [3] he was a minor canon at Chester Cathedral, Rural Dean of Toxteth, Vicar of St Helens, Merseyside and Rector of Tiverton before being appointed Archdeacon of Sheffield [4] in 1895, [5] a post he held until his death on 12 June 1912. [6] His son, Charles, was killed in action three years after his death during the First World War.

Notes

  1. ↑ “Who was Who” 1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN   071363457X
  2. ↑ "Eyre, John Rashdall (ER864JR)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge. According to a Genealogical Web site, he was born 1850
  3. ↑ "The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, Hamilton & Co 1889
  4. ↑ Fifty Years of Sheffield Church Life 1866-1916
  5. ↑ The Times, Thursday, 14 March 1895; p. 7; Issue 34524; col G Ecclesiastical Intelligence
  6. ↑ The Times, Thursday, 13 June 1912; p. 1; Issue 39924; col ADeaths
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