John Eyre (Archdeacon of Sheffield) explained

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] Three years later his son, Charles, was killed in action during the First World War.

Notes and References

1. “Who was Who” 1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991
2. According to a Genealogical Web site, he was born 1850
3. "The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, Hamilton & Co 1889
4. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mossvalley/mv2/wo/odom06.html 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