Petre, Baron (E, 1603)
Creation: let. pat. 21 Jul 1603
Family name: Petre
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Arms:
Gules a Bend Or between two Escallops Argent
Crest:
Two Lions' Heads erased and addorsed the dexter Or collared Azure the sinister Azure collared Or
Supporters:
On either side a Lion reguardant the dexter Or collared Azure the sinister Azure collared Or
Motto:
Sans Dieu Rien (Nothing without God)
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2nd son of Sir William Petre, of Writtle and Ingatestone, co. Essex, Secretary of State to Henry VIII, Edward VI and Mary I, by his second wife Anne Browne, dau. of Sir William Browne, Lord Mayor of London 1514
born
20 Dec 1549
mar.
17 Apr 1570 Mary Waldegrave (d. 11 Aug 1604; bur. at Ingatestone, co. Essex), 1st dau. of Sir Edward Waldegrave, of Borley, co. Essex, by his wife Frances Nevill, dau. of Sir Edward Nevill
died
11 Oct 1613 (bur. at Ingatestone, co. Essex)
created
21 Jul 1603 Baron Petre, of Writtle in the County of Essex
suc. by
son
note
admitted to the Middle Temple 1567; Sheriff of Essex 1575-76; knighted 1576; Member of Parliament for Essex 1584-87; Lord Lieutenant of Essex
William [Petre], 2nd Baron Petre
born
24 Jun 1575
mar.
8 Nov 1596 Lady Catherine Somerset (d. 30 Oct 1624; bur. at Ingatestone, co. Essex), 2nd dau. of Edward [Somerset], 4th Earl of Worcester, by his wife Lady Elizabeth Hastings, 4th dau. of Francis [Hastings], 2nd Earl of Huntingdon
died
5 May 1637 (bur. at Ingatestone, co. Essex)
suc. by
son
note
admitted to the Middle Temple 1593; Member of Parliament for Essex 15897-98; knighted 1603
Robert [Petre], 3rd Baron Petre
born
22 Jan 1599
mar.
1620 Hon Mary Browne (d. 13 Jan 1684/5; bur. at Ingatestone, co. Essex), 6th dau. of Anthony Maria [Browne], 2nd Viscount Montagu, by his wife Lady Jane Sackville, 2nd dau. of Thomas [Sackville], 1st Earl of Dorset
died
28 Oct 1638 (bur. at Ingatestone, co. Essex)
suc. by
son
William [Petre], 4th Baron Petre
born
c.1626
mar. (1)
Lady Elizabeth Savage (bur. sp. 19 Jul 1665), 1st dau. of John [Savage], 2nd Earl Rivers, by his first wife Hon Catharine Parker, 2nd dau. and cohrss. in her issue of William [Parker], 13th Baron Morley and 1st Baron Mountjoy
mar. (2)
Bridget Pincheon (d. 5 Jan 1694/5), dau. and cohrss. of John Pincheon, of Writtle, co. Essex, by his wife Anne Kynnion
died
s.p.m. 5 Jan 1683/4
suc. by
brother
bapt.
24 Jun 1629
bur.
22 Jan 1683/4
suc. by
brother
Thomas [Petre], 6th Baron Petre
bapt.
5 Dec 1633
mar.
Mary Clifton (d. 4 Feb 1729/30), only surv. child of Sir Thomas Clifton, 1st Bt., of Clifton and Westby, co. Lancaster, by his first wife Bridget Heneage, dau. of Sir George Heneage, of Hainton, co. Lincoln
died
4 Jan 1705/6
suc. by
son
Robert [Petre], 7th Baron Petre
bapt.
17 Mar 1689
mar.
1 Mar 1711/2 Catherine Walmesley (mar. (2) 2 Apr 1733 Charles [Stourton], 14th Baron Stourton; d. 31 Jan 1785), dau. of Bartholomew Walmesley, of Dunkenhalgh, co. Lancaster, by his wife Dorothy Smith, dau. and hrss. of John Smith
died
22 Mar 1712/3
suc. by
son
Robert James [Petre], 8th Baron Petre
born
3 Jun 1713
mar.
2 May 1732 Lady Anne Radclyffe (d. 31 Mar 1760), only dau. of James [Radclyffe], 3rd Earl of Derwentwater (by his wife Anna Maria Webb, 1st dau. of Sir John Webb, 3rd Bt., of Odstock, co. Wiltshire), 1st son and heir of Edward [Radclyffe], 2nd Earl of Derwentwater, by his wife Lady Mary Tudor, illegitimate dau. of King Charles II by his mistress Mary Davies
died
2 Jul 1742
suc. by
son
Robert Edward [Petre], 9th Baron Petre
born
1742
mar. (1)
19 Apr 1762 Anne Howard (d. 15 Jan 1787), only child of Philip Howard, of Buckenham, co. Norfolk (by his second wife Henrietta Blount, dau. and cohrss. of Henry Blount, of Blagdon, co. Devon), 3rd son of Lord Thomas Howard, of Worksop, co. Nottingham (by his wife Mary Elizabeth Savile, dau. and sole hrss. of Sir John Savile, 1st Bt., of Copley, co. York), 2nd son by his first wife of Henry [Howard], 6th Duke of Norfolk
mar. (2)
16 Jan 1788 Juliana Barbara Howard (d. 16 Apr 1833), sister of Bernard Edward [Howard], 12th Duke of Norfolk, and 2nd dau. of Henry Howard, of Glossop, co. Derby, by his wife Juliana Molyneux, 2nd dau. of Sir William Molyneux, 6th Bt., of Wellow, co. Nottingham
died
2 Jul 1801
suc. by
son by first wife
Robert Edward [Petre], 10th Baron Petre
born
2 Sep 1763
mar.
14 Feb 1786 his step-aunt Mary Bridget (d. 30 May 1843), sister of Bernard Edward [Howard], 12th Duke of Norfolk, and 1st dau. of Henry Howard, of Glossop, co. Derby, by his wife Juliana Molyneux, 2nd dau. of Sir William Molyneux, 6th Bt., of Wellow, co. Nottingham
died
29 Mar 1809
suc. by
son
William Henry Francis [Petre], 11th Baron Petre
born
22 Jan 1793
mar. (1)
2 Jun 1815 Frances Charlotte Bedingfeld (d. 29 Jan 1822), 1st dau. of Sir Richard Bedingfeld, 5th Bt., of Oxburgh Hall, co. Norfolk, by his wife Hon Charlotte Georgina Jerningham, sister of George William [Jerningham later Stafford-Jerningham], 2nd Baron Stafford, and only dau. of Sir William Jerningham, 6th Bt., of Cossey, co. Norfolk
mar. (2)
14 Apr 1823 Emma Agnes Howard (d. 10 Feb 1861), 2nd dau. of Henry Howard, of Corby Castle, Cumberland, by his second wife Catharine Mary Neave, 2nd dau. of Sir Richard Neave, 1st Bt., of Dagnam Park, co. Essex
died
3 Jul 1850
suc. by
son by first wife
William Bernard [Petre], 12th Baron Petre
born
20 Dec 1817
mar.
26 Sep 1843 Mary Theresa Clifford (d. 31 Dec 1895), 1st dau. of Hon Charles Thomas Clifford, of Irnham, co. Lincoln (by his wife Theresa Constable-Maxwell, 2nd dau. of Marmaduke William Constable later Constable-Maxwell, of Everingham Park, co. York), 2nd son of Charles [Clifford], 6th Baron Clifford of Chudleigh
died
4 Jul 1884
suc. by
son
Mgr William Joseph [Petre], 13th Baron Petre
born
26 Feb 1843
died
8 May 1893
suc. by
brother
Bernard Henry Philip [Petre], 14th Baron Petre
born
31 May 1858
mar.
6 Jun 1899 Etheldreda Mary Audrey Clark (d. 4 Nov 1959), dau. of Rev William Robinson Clark, Vicar of Taunton
died
s.p.m. 16 Jun 1908
suc. by
brother
note
the abeyance of the Barony of Furnivall was terminated 3 May 1913 in favour of his only child, Hon Mary Frances Katherine Petre, suo jure Baroness Furnivall
Philip Benedict Joseph [Petre], 15th Baron Petre
born
21 Aug 1864
mar.
19 Jul 1888 Julia Mary Cavendish-Taylor (d. 23 Oct 1931), 1st dau. of George Cavendish-Taylor, of Elvaston Place, London, by his wife ..... Carroll, dau. of Charles Carroll, of Carolton, Maryland, USA
died
6 Dec 1908
suc. by
son
Lionel George Carroll [Petre], 16th Baron Petre
born
3 Nov 1890
mar.
28 Jun 1913 Catherine Margaret Boscawen (mar. (2) 21 Jul 1921 Sir Frederic Carne Rasch, 2nd Bt. CVO DSO; d. 1983), only child of Capt Hon John Richard de Clare Boscawen (by his wife Lady Margaret Florence Lucy Byng, 3rd dau. by his second wife of George Stevens [Byng], 2nd Earl of Strafford), 3rd son of Evelyn [Boscawen], 6th Viscount Falmouth
died
30 Sep 1915
suc. by
son
Joseph William Lionel [Petre], 17th Baron Petre
born
5 Jun 1914
mar.
25 Oct 1941 Marguerite Eileen Hamilton (d. 15 Jun 2003), dau. of Ion Wentworth Hamilton, of Nettlebed, co. Oxford
died
1 Jan 1989
suc. by
son
John Patrick Lionel [Petre], 18th Baron Petre
born
4 Aug 1942
mar.
16 Sep 1965 Marcia Gwendolyn Plumpton, only dau. of Alfred Plumpton, of Portsmouth, co. Hampshire
children
1. Hon Dominic William Petre (b. 9 Aug 1966)
2. Hon Mark Julian Petre (b. 7 Nov 1969; dvp. 22 May 2004)
1. Hon Clare Helen Petre (b. 24 Nov 1973)
Last updated 21 Apr 2003
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Titles:
18th Baron Petre, of Writtle in the County of Essex
(England, let. pat. 21 Jul 1603)
Count of the Holy Roman Empire
(by descent from Thomas [Arundell], 1st Baron Arundell of Wardour, who was created a Count of the Holy Roman Empire by Emperor Rudolph II on 14 Dec 1595. The text of the imperial decree makes it plain that the honour is "descendible to all and each of the grantee's children, heir, posterity, and descendants of either sex, born or to be born, for ever")
Address:
Writtle Park, Highwood, Chelmsford, Essex CM1 3QF
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