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Highfield and Australian branch of the Eyre Family
This branch was formed by three sons of Charles Vincent Joachim Eyre,
the eldest son of Charles Nathaniel Eyre and brother of John Joseph
Eyre.
Thomas Joseph Eyre brother of Charles Nathaniel Eyre purchased from
the Landed Estates Court, Ireland in 185?, the Castle and estates of
Clifden Castle, County Galway, the former property of the ancient
Norman-Irish family D'Arcy. This property he conveyed by deed of gift
to his nephew John Joseph Eyre, since whose death the castle has been
unoccupied. written 1912).
The gift by-passed seniority of inheritance of his own children and
his brothers. This may have been the reason that the three sons of
Charles Vincent Joachim Eyre (Fitzwilliam Henry Eyre, Francis Edward
Charles Eyre and Augustine Lewis Slater Eyre) came to Australia to
seek their fortune.
This branch will eventually be split into two branches, (English and
Australian) with certain individuals being present in both.
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