Charles Petre Eyre

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CHARLES PETRE EYRE

Born : November 7, 1817
Deceased : March 27, 1902

Apostolic Delegate to Scotland, 1868-1869; Titular Archbishop of Anazarbus
Administrator of the Western Isles, 1869-1878
Archbishop of Glasgow, 1878-1902

Official blazon

Argent on a chevron Sable three quatrefoils Or.

Origin/meaning

The bishop used the historical family arms of the Eyre family. On pastoral letters he impaled his arms with the (then) assumed arms for the Archdiocese of Glasgow, as seen above. Below the shield the fish and ring taken from the arms of Glasgow.

He also used the arms with the cross of the Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of St John of Jeru alem, of Rhodes and of Malta; Archbishop Eyre was a founder member in 1875 of the British Association of members of the Order.