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

He was born 21 June 1845, and educated at Clare College, Cambridge. Ordained in 1873, 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 in 1895, a post he held until his death on 12 June 1912. Three years later his son, Charles, was killed in action 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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