HMS Speedy HMS Albacore HMS Prompte HMS Regulus HMS San Josef HMS Ardent HMS Magnificent
Battles/wars
American War of Independence
French Revolutionary Wars
Siege of Toulon
Napoleonic Wars
Adriatic campaign of 1807–1814
Awards
Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George
Sir George EyreKCB KCMG (before 1782–15 February 1839) was an officer of the Royal Navy who saw service during the American War of Independence and the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, eventually rising to the rank of Vice-Admiral of the Red.
Eyre served with James King in the Caribbean during the American War of Independence, seeing action in a number of engagements. With the conclusion of the war, he was based at times at Halifax, and later off the South American coast and in the Mediterranean. With the outbreak of the French Revolutionary Wars, Eyre served in the Mediterranean and was involved in the Siege of Toulon, before being given his first command, the 14-gun brig-sloop HMS Speedy. The command was short-lived, and Speedy was chased down and captured by a large French fleet. Taken into captivity, Eyre and his men endured harsh conditions until being exchanged back to Britain. Acquitted for the loss of his ship and given a new command, Eyre went out to the West Indies, but returned to Britain in 1799 and saw little further employment until 1806, when he joined the Mediterranean fleet and was active off the coast of Spain, supporting Spanish resistance to the French.
In 1809 he went to the Adriatic and took part in the campaign there, helping to capture several islands. He launched an assault on Santa Maura and was wounded during the operations. After participating in the blockade of Corfu he returned to the Spanish coast and resumed operations there in support of the Spanish partisans. Returning to England again in 1811, he went ashore and was not actively employed for the rest of the Napoleonic Wars, though he received a knighthood and was later appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath. He returned to service in 1823, commanding the South American station during a time of particular diplomatic difficulties, and on returning home in 1826 retired ashore owing to illness. He died in 1839.
Sir GeorgeEyre KCB KCMG (before 1782–15 February 1839) was an officer of the Royal Navy who saw service during the American War of Independence and the...
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The Eyre family refers to the descendants of GeorgeEyre and Mary Smith Eyre who comprised a political and business dynasty prominent in the Northeastern...
Glasgow Cathedral; drawing by GeorgeEyre-Todd 1898 plan of the Lower Church of Glasgow Cathedral; drawing by GeorgeEyre-Todd Defaced effigy on the tomb...
Kingdoms of Great Britain and Ireland. Vol. II. London, Great Britain: GeorgeEyre and Andrew Strahan. pp. 320–326. OCLC 1110419501 – via Internet Archive...
Jane Eyre, the 1847 novel by English writer Charlotte Brontë, has frequently been adapted for film, radio, television, and theatre, and has also inspired...
Viswanathan 1989, p. 24. Bibliography East India Company Act 1813. Printed by GeorgeEyre and Andrew Strahan, Printers to the King's most Excellent Majesty. London...
Edward John Eyre (5 August 1815 – 30 November 1901) was an English land explorer of the Australian continent, colonial administrator, and Governor of Jamaica...
Galway, Ireland. The first men's singles title was won by William Henry GeorgeEyre, and the second men's singles event was won by Ernest de Sylly Hamilton...
Peter Gervaise Joseph Eyre (born 11 March 1942) is an American-born English actor.[citation needed] Eyre was born in New York City, the son of Dorothy...
The Eyre Affair is the debut novel by English author Jasper Fforde, published by Hodder and Stoughton in 2001. It takes place in an alternative 1985, where...
the policies of Jamaican Governor Edward Eyre. After the start of the Morant Bay rebellion in October 1865, Eyre declared martial law in that area, directed...
Australia into a British province or provinces : 31st July 1838, Printed by GeorgeEyre and Andrew Spottiswoode, retrieved 5 November 2019 "Letters Patent"....
Gervase Eyre DL (1669 – 16 February 1704) was an English MP for Nottinghamshire. Eyre was the son of Anthony Eyre of Rampton, Nottinghamshire and his...
William Eyre of Neston (fl. 1642–1660), parliamentarian army officer and politician William Eyre (lieutenant-colonel) (died 1765), Battle of Lake George, Battle...
Kingdoms of Great Britain and Ireland. Vol. IV. London, Great Britain: GeorgeEyre and Andrew Strahan. pp. 374–377. OCLC 1110419501 – via Internet Archive...
country. The peninsula was named after explorer Edward John Eyre on 7 November 1839 by George Gawler, the second Governor of South Australia. The peninsula's...
Hermione Eyre (born 1980) is a British journalist, novelist, and former child actor. Hermione Eyre was born in 1980. Her parents were Sir Reginald Eyre, a British...
Military Operations at Cabul (1842). The Eyre family were rescued by Sir George Pollock in September 1842. In 1844 Eyre was appointed to command the artillery...
Kingdoms of Great Britain and Ireland. Vol. IV. London, Great Britain: GeorgeEyre and Andrew Strahan. pp. 55–60. OCLC 15609908 – via Internet Archive....
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