Eyles-Stiles Baronets
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The Eyles, later Eyles-Stiles Baronetcy, of London
London
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, was a title in the Baronetage of Great Britain. It was created on 1 December 1714 for the merchant and director of the Honourable East India Company, Francis Eyles. The second baronet was Lord Mayor of London
Lord Mayor of London
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 from 1726 to 1727. He married Mary, son of Joseph Haskins-Stiles. The third baronet assumed the additional surname of Stiles. The title became extinct on the death of the fourth baronet in 1768.

Sir John Eyles, elder brother of the first baronet, was Lord Mayor of London
Lord Mayor of London
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 in 1688. Sir Joseph Eyles, fourth son of the first baronet, was Member of Parliament
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 for Devizes
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 and Southwark
Southwark (UK Parliament constituency)
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Eyles, later Eyles-Stiles Baronets, of London (1714)

  • Sir Francis Eyles, 1st Baronet (died 1716)
  • Sir John Eyles, 2nd Baronet
    Sir John Eyles, 2nd Baronet
    Sir John Eyles, 2nd Baronet of Gidea Hall, Essex was a British financier. Eyles was the eldest surviving son of Sir Francis Eyles, 1st Baronet. He was married to his cousin, Mary Haskin Styles. Together they had two children, a girl and a boy...

    (c. 1683–1745)
  • Sir Francis Haskins Eyles-Stiles, 3rd Baronet (died 1762)
  • Sir John Haskins Eyles-Stiles, 4th Baronet (1741–1768)
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