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unusual facts about John Eyre, 1st Baron Eyre


John Eyre

John Eyre, 1st Baron Eyre (c. 1720–1781), MP for Galway Borough, nephew of the above


Hibbert House

Mayor John Eyre, organized his attack on St. Thomas to crush the Morant Bay Rebellion at Hibbert House.

John Eyre

Edward John Eyre (1815–1901), former Australian explorer and Governor of Jamaica

Morant Bay rebellion

George William Gordon, a Jamaican businessman and politician, who had been critical of Governor John Eyre and his policies, was later arrested by Governor John Eyre who believed he had been behind the rebellion.


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