Reginald Eyre

Who is Reginald Eyre?

Sir Reginald Edwin Eyre is a British Conservative Party politician.

Eyre was educated at King Edward's Camp Hill School, Birmingham and Emmanuel College, Cambridge. He contested Birmingham Northfield in 1959.

Eyre was elected Member of Parliament for Birmingham Hall Green at a 1965 by-election, and represented the seat until he retired in 1987. During the Edward Heath and Margaret Thatcher governments, he served as Lord Commissioner of the Treasury, Comptroller of the Household, and junior Environment, Trade and Transport Minister. He was also a vice-chairman of the Conservative Party.