Richard Eyre (priest)

Richard Montague Stephens Eyre (born 16 May 1929^[1]) is an Anglican priest. He was the Dean of Exeter from 1981 to 1995.^[2]

Eyre was educated at Charterhouse School and Oriel College, Oxford. He was ordained in 1957 ^[3] and began his ministry as a curate at St Mark’s Portsea. After this he was a tutor at Chichester Theological College then a chaplain at Eastbourne College. From 1965 to 1973 he was the Vicar of Arundel and the Archdeacon of Chichester before his appointment as the Dean of Exeter.

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Preceded by Clifford Thomas Chapman	Dean of Exeter 1981– 1995	Succeeded by Keith Jones

References

^ Who's Who 2008: London, A & C Black, 2008 ISBN 9780713672576
^ London Gazette12 January 1981
^ Crockford’s 1975-76 Lambeth, Church House, 1975 ISBN 0108153674

Deans of Exeter

13th century	Serlo • Roger de Wynkleigh • William de Stanwey • Roger de Toriz • John Noble • John Pycot • Andrew de Kilkenny

14th century	Henry de Somerset • Thomas de Lechlade • Bartholomew de Sancto Laurentio • Richard de Coleton • Richard de Braylegh • Reginald de Bugwell • Robert Sumpter • Thomas Walkyngton

15th century	Ralph Tregision • Stephen Payn • John Cobethorn • John Hals • Henry Webber • Peter Courtenay • Lionel Woodville • John Arundel

16th century	Edward Willoughby • Thomas Hobbys • John Veysey • Richard Pace • Reginald Pole • Simon Heynes • James Haddon • Thomas Reynolds • Gregory Dodds • George Carewe • Stephen Townsend • Matthew Sutcliffe

17th century	William Peterson • Seth Ward • Edward Younge • George Cary • Richard Annesley

18th century	William Wake • Launcelot Blackburne • Edward Trelawny • John Gilbert • Alured Clarke • William Holmes • Charles Lyttelton • Jeremiah Milles • William Buller • Charles Harward

19th century	Charles Talbot • George Gordon • John Garnett • Whittington Landon • Thomas Hill Lowe • Charles John Ellicott • William Brodrick, 7th Viscount Midleton • Archibald Boyd • Benjamin Morgan Cowie

20th century	Alfred Earle • Henry Reginald Gamble • Walter Robert Matthews • Spencer Cecil Carpenter • Alexander Ross Wallace • Marcus Knight • Clifford Thomas Chapman • Richard Montague Stephens Eyre • Keith Brynmor Jones

21st century	Jonathan Meyrick • Jonathan Draper

Office holders in the Diocese of Exeter

The Lord Bishop of Exeter The Bishop of Crediton • The Bishop of Plymouth The Dean of Exeter The Archdeacon of Barnstaple • The Archdeacon of Exeter • The Archdeacon of Plymouth • The Archdeacon of Totnes

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Name	Eyre, Richard Montague Stephens
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Date of birth	16 May 1929
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