Portraits E

I am separating my Portraits E from F as I have too many under F and the entry is too long!

E

Mrs Gilbert Eccles British school courtesy of National Trust Castle Ward. Ann Cockburn married Gilbert Eccles (1602-1694), High Sheriff of County Tyrone and County Fermanagh, and they were grandparents of John Eccles (1664-1727) Lord Mayor of Dublin. I presume this is a portrait of Ann Cockburn.

*John Eccles (1664-1727) Lord Mayor of Dublin (1714)*, *courtesy of National Trust Castle Ward.*

*Elizabeth Eccles née Best, wife of John Eccles Lord Mayor of Dublin, Irish school courtesy of National Trust Castle Ward*.

Elizabeth née Ambrose (b. 1706) *possibly by John Lewis*. *She marries Hugh Eccles (1701-1761) who was the son of John Eccles *(1664-1727)*. She was daugher of Isaac Ambrose (1680-1736), courtesy of National Trust Castle Ward.*

*Elizabeth née Ambrose (b. 1706) who marries Hugh Eccles (1701-1761), daugher of Isaac Ambrose (1680-1736)*, *Irish school courtesy of National Trust Castle Ward*.

*Isaac Ambrose Eccles (1736?-1809) attributed to Joseph Wilson or Robert Hunter courtesy of National Trust Castle Ward*. *He was the son of Hugh Eccles and Elizabeth née Ambrose.*

*Called Isaac Ambrose Eccles (1736?-1809) English school courtesy of National Trust Castle Ward.* *He was Esquire of Cronroe, a gentleman of distinguished literary attainments, his father’s heir, a magistrate of County Wicklow*. *He was the grandson of John Eccles Lord Mayor of Dublin (1714)*.

*Richard Lovell Edgeworth (1744-1817), by Horace Hone 1785, National Portrait Gallery of London 5069.*

*Maria Edgeworth, c. 1841 A daguerreotype photograph of the Irish author by Richard Beard (1801 – 1885) courtesy of Adam’s auction 30 April 2013*

*Victorian School Portrait of a young woman of the Edgeworth family courtesy Adam’s 28 June 2010*

*Young Woman of the Edgeworth Family, Victorian School, courtesy of Adam’s auction 27 Nov 2016 and courtesy Adam’s 28 June 2010.*

*Victorian School Portrait of a gentleman of the Edgeworth family courtesy Adam’s 28 June 2010*.

*Mrs. Anne Edgeworth by Follower of Sir Peter Lely courtesy of Adam’s 28 June 2010.*

*Robert Emmet. Published by Fishel, Alder & Schwartz 64 Fulton St. New York (1880), coloured and framed and entitled ”Robert Emmett, The Irish Patriot” courtesy Adam’s auction 18 April 2012*

*Thomas Addis Emmett (1764-1827) by William Carroll, bearing insription on back Thomas Addis Emmet by William O’Carroll, 57 Henry St Dublin, courtesy of Adam’s auction 22 Nov 2015.*

*George Ensor (1769-1843) of Ardress House, County Armagh, by John Comerford, courtesy of Armagh County Museum.*

Sophia Maria Knox Grogan Morgan (1805-1867) née Rowe, with her second husband Thomas Esmonde 9th Baronet (1786-1868); Jane Colclough Grogan Morgan (1834-1872), she married George Arthur Forbes (1833-1889), 7th Earl of Granard, who is in the third portrait. Photograph © Jennifer Winder-Baggot, www.irishhistorichouses.com

Maurice Eustace, Attributed to Philip Hussey (1713-1783), provenance Castlemore House and by descent. Hussey specialised in portraits of lawyers, possibly the setting is the Four Courts before rebuilt by Gandon, courtesy of Adam’s auction 12 Oct 2014.

*Thomas Everard, 18th Century Irish School courtesy Adam’s 12 July 2011.*

*Lord Chief Justice Sir Robert Eyre, Vice Chancellor to the Prince of Wales (1666-1735), courtesy Purcell Auctioneers Feb 2016.*

Colonel Rt. Hon. John Eyre (1623-1685) was the son of Giles Eyre. John married Mary Bigoe, daughter of Phillip Bigoe. John Eyre accompanied General Ludlow to Ireland. He acquired large estates in counties Galway, Tipperary, Clare and King’s County, and he built Eyrecourt Castle in County Galway. He was appointed Privy Counsellor (P.C.), and he held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Galway. He held the office of High Sheriff of County Galway in 1681.

John and Mary née Bigoe had a son John (1659-1709) and Samuel (1663-1728). John “Proud” Eyre (1659-1709) inherited Eyre Court. He married, first, Margery Preston, daughter of George Baronet Preston, of Craigmillar in Scotland. Her sister Elizabeth Preston married William Parsons 2nd Baronet of Birr Castle, County Offaly. Margery and “Proud” John had several children. After his first wife died, “Proud” John married Anne Hamilton, daughter of William Hamilton of Liscloony County Offaly.

Eyre Family Portrait of Lady Anne née Hamilton (daughter of William Hamilton of Liscloony County Offaly), wife of John Eyre (1659-1709) the 2nd of Eyrecourt , courtesy Purcells Auctioneer Feb 2016. She had been previously married to Matthew Plunkett, 7th Baron of Louth.

Children of John Eyre and Margery Preston

Elizabeth Eyre m. Frederick Richard Trench (1681-1752)
Very Rev. Giles Eyre d. 17 Jan 1750, married Mary Cox. They had a son Richard Eyre (d. 1780) who married firstly, Emily Trench, daughter of Frederick Richard Trench and Elizabeth Eyre, on 21 June 1752. He married, secondly, Anchoretta Eyre, daughter of Colonel Samuel Eyre and Charity Dancer, on 13 January 1764. He held the office of High Sheriff of County Galway in 1749. He lived at Eyrecourt, County Galway, Ireland.
John Eyre d. Oct 1745. Married first Rose Plunkett, daughter of Matthew Plunkett 7th Baron Louth, and second, Jane Waller, daughter of Robert.
Emilia Eyre d. 23 Aug 1770, m. John Rochfort (1690-1771)
Jane Eyre, died unmarried.
Mary Eyre b. a 1677, married Thomas Baldwin of Corolanty, County Offaly (see my entry)
George Eyre b. 1680, d. 1710, married Barbara, daughter of Thomas Coningsby, the 1st Earl of Coningsby.
Margery Eyre b. c 1690, d. b 1743, married Lt.-Col. Shuckburgh Whitney.

John and Mary née Bigoe’s second son was Samuel Eyre (1663-1728). He married, firstly, Jane Eyre, daughter of Edward Eyre. He married, secondly, Anne Stratford, daughter of Robert Stratford and Mary Walsh, in November 1696.

Samuel gained the rank of Colonel in 1690 in the the Army, before Limerick. He held the office of High Sheriff of County Galway in 1696 and the office of Governor of County Galway and then served as Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Galway in 1715. He lived also lived at Eyreville, County Galway, Ireland.

Child of Samuel Eyre and Jane Eyre

John Eyre d. c Sep 1741, of Woodfield, County Galway. He married Mary Willington.

Children of Samuel Eyre and Anne Stratford

George Stratford Eyre. He married, firstly, Mary D’artiquenave, and married, secondly, Mary Ann (?) on 6 August 1762. He held the office of High Sheriff of County Galway in 1731, and the office of Governor of Galway in 1740. He also held the office of Vice-Admiral of Munster.

*(George) Stratford Eyre of Eyreville, Governor of Galway, son of Colonel Samuel Eyre, 2nd son of the Founder of Eyrecourt courtesy Purcells Auctioneer Feb 2016*.

*Eyre Family Portrait of Mary D’Artiquernave, First Wife of George Stratford Eyre (1697-1767), courtesy of Purcells Auctioneer Feb 2016*.

Anne Eyre m. Robert Powell
Mary Eyre married Colonel Thomas Croasdaile
Frances Eyre married Willington Driffield
Barbara Eyre married John Hawkes
Colonel Thomas Eyre b. 1720, d. 1772, married Anne Cooke.

*Colonel Thomas Eyre (c.1720-1772), son of Col Samuel of Eyreville, in the uniform of the 49th Foot; and Anne Eyre née Cook, courtesy of Christie’s Irish Sale 2001.*

Colonel Samuel Eyre (d. 1789) was the son of John Eyre (d. circa 1741) of Woodfield, County Galway, and Mary Willington. Samuel married Charity Dancer, daughter of Thomas, 4th Baronet Dancer, of Modreeny, Co. Tipperary.