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EYRE
Grace House, Chile, 1882; successively manager, vice-
president and president of the W. R. Grace Company,
New York, 1893-1906; on the board of managers of
the London branch of the Grace organization, 1906-
. Was instrumental in bringing about the settle-
ment of Peru's foreign debt after the war with Chile,
managing for a time the different systems of railways
turned over by that government to its creditors; in
1892 negotiated with the government of Chile the
settlement of the claims against that government
made by the holders of the Peruvian bonds, due to
the seizure by Chile of the Guano deposits and other
properties that constituted part of their guarantee
from Peru; in 1898 Mr. Eyre, acting for an important
American syndicate, obtained (jointly with Mr. E.
F. Crayen) a concession from the government of
Nicaragua for the construction of a maritime canal
through that country, the reaUzation of which was
not permitted by the United States government; the
text of the Eyre-Crayen concession was used, however,
almost verbatim by the State department in the
proposed treaty with Colombia for the completion
of the Panama Canal and similarly later for the
treaty actually made with the new RepubHc of
Panama. Former president of the Marquette
League; member of: the Board of Directors of
The CathoUo Encyclopedia; the Council of the
Westminster Catholic Federation; the Crusade of
Rescue; Metropohtan Hospital; the Xavier Alunmi
Sodality; St. Vincent de Paul Society; a governor of
Cardinal Vaughan's Memorial school. Author of a
criticism of Lord Bryce's book on South America.
