William Eure, 4th Baron Eure


William Eure, 4th Baron Eure KB was an English nobleman.

Early life

Eure was born around 1579. He was the only son of Ralph Eure, 3rd Baron Eure of Ingleby and Malton and, his first wife, the former Mary Dawnay. After his mother's death in March 1612, his father remarried to Elizabeth Carey, Baroness Hundson. At that time, his surname was likely pronounced "Ewry", also given as Evers. His father was a diplomat and politician who served as an MP of the Parliament of England for Yorkshire.
His mother was the eldest daughter of Sir John Dawnay of Sessay and, his first wife, Elizabeth Tunstall. His paternal grandparents were William Eure, 2nd Baron Eure and the former Margaret Dymoke. The barony had been granted by King Henry VIII in 1544 to William Eure, Warden of the Eastern March, and Governor of Berwick upon Tweed.

Career

In July 1603, he served as a Knight of the Bath at the English coronation of King James I. Upon his father's death on 1 April 1617, he succeeded as the 4th Baron Eure.
The family fortunes sank during his tenure that despite selling both Witton and Jarrow, Eure remained so deeply in debt he had to garrison the family estate at Malton in July 1632 and withstand a siege from Sheriff Layton. When Lord Wentworth ordered cannon from Scarborough to breach the walls, "the stout old lord submitted."

Personal life

On 15 September 1601, he was married to Lucy Noel, daughter of Sir Andrew Noel of Dalby and Brooke and the former Mabel Harington. Lucy's brother was Edward Noel, 2nd Viscount Campden. Together, they were the parents of:
Lady Eure died and was buried on 20 January 1615/6. Lord Eure died on 28 June 1646, and was succeeded by his grandson William, the only son of his eldest son.

Descendants

Through his second son William, he was a grandfather of Hon. Margaret Eure, who married Thomas Danby, the first Mayor of Leeds; and Hon. Mary Eure, who married William Palmes, MP for Malton. Both granddaughters were granted, by Royal sign-manual, the style and precedence of the daughter of a Baron, and subsequently inherited much of the remaining Eure family property.