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SIR JAMES EYRE (1734-1799)

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Originally appearing in Volume V10, Page 102 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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SIR See also:JAMES See also:EYRE (1734-1799)  , See also:English See also:judge, was the son of the Rev . See also:Thomas See also:Eyre, of See also:Wells, See also:Somerset . He was educated at See also:Winchester See also:College and at St See also:John's College, See also:Oxford, which, however, he See also:left without taking a degree . He was called to the See also:bar at See also:Gray's See also:Inn in 1755, and commenced practice in the See also:lord See also:mayor's and sheriffs' courts, having become by See also:purchase one of the four counsel to the See also:corporation of See also:London . He was appointed See also:recorder of London in 1763 . He was counsel for the See also:plaintiff in the See also:case of Wilkes v . See also:Wood, and made a brilliant speech in condemnation of the See also:execution of See also:general See also:search warrants . His refusal to See also:voice the remonstrances of the corporation against the exclusion of Wilkes from See also:parliament earned him the recognition of the See also:ministry, and he was appointed a judge of the See also:exchequer in 1772 . From See also:June 1792 to See also:January 1793 he was See also:chief See also:commissioner of the See also:great See also:seal . In 1793 he was made chief See also:justice of the See also:common pleas, and presided over the trials of See also:Horne See also:Tooke, Thomas Crosfield and others, with great ability and impartiality . He died on the 1st of See also:July 1799 and was buried at Ruscombe, See also:Berkshire . See See also:Howell, See also:State Trials, xix .

(1154-1155) ; See also:

Foss, Lives of the See also:Judges .

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