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Eyre, James

23.6.1795 Eyre at Parr's, Hatton & 4.7.1795 at Morley's (Mawley's)

Rev James Eyre DNB 1748-1813 headmaster of Solihull Grammar school, son of John of Coventry gent & his wife Mary, matric Trinity Oxford 13.11.1771 age 20 (which would make his birth date 1751 not 1748 as DNB, which is based on his age given at death) married 9.4.1790 Charlotte Harding. Dr Samuel Parr DNB 1747-1825 married his sister Mary on 17.12.1816. The DNB mentions his connection to Parr in the Parr article but not in the Eyre article

1794 subscr to Poems by Mrs Darwall formerly Miss Whateley (…