Family and Education
bap. 5 Dec. 1633; 5th but 3rd surv. s. of Robert Petre†, 3rd Bar. Petre, and his w. Mary, da. of Anthony Browne†, 2nd Visct. Montagu; bro. William Petre, 4th Bar. Petre John Petre, 5th Bar. Petre. educ. unknown. m. settlement, 29 Sept. 1685, Mary (d. 4/15 Feb. 1730, Ghent), da. of Thomas Clifton, bt. of Lytham, Lancs.; 2s. (1 d.v.p.), 1da. d. 5 Jan. 1707; will, 9 Aug. 1704–6 May 1706, pr. 14 Jan. 1707. TNA, PROB 11/492.
Offices Held
Ld. lt. Essex Feb. – Oct. 1688; high steward, Colchester Apr. – Aug. 1688; recorder, Colchester Aug. 1688.
Parlimentarian
Associated with: Thorndon Hall, Essex and Ingatestone Hall, Essex.
Likenesses
c.1700 attrib. Johann Kerseboom, Ingatestone Hall (with a companion portrait of his wife).
Volume
Lords 1660-1715
Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
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Addresses
Religion
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