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George Glynn Petre
Sir George Petre (4 September 1822 – 17 May 1905) was a British diplomat who was envoy to Argentina, Paraguay and Portugal. Family George Glynn Petre was a great-grandson of Robert Petre, 9th Baron Petre, a Roman Catholic family, and was educated at Stonyhurst College and the then Roman Catholic College at Prior Park, Bath. George's mother was Elizabeth Glynn, daughter of Edmund John Glynn of the village of Glynn, Cornwall. Career Petre joined the Diplomatic Service in 1846 as an attaché at the British Legation in Frankfurt, then the capital of the German Confederation, and he was there during the revolutions of 1848. He moved to Hanover in 1852, Paris in 1853, The Hague in 1855 and Naples in 1856, where he was '' chargé d'affaires'' from July 1856 when the ambassador, Sir William Temple, left due to illness, until October of that year when diplomatic relations with the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies were broken off. Petre was transferred, as Secretary of Legation, back to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Petre, 9th Baron Petre
Robert Edward Petre, 9th Baron Petre (March 1742 – July 1801) was a British Peerage, peer and prominent member of the English Roman Catholic nobility. Born into exceptional wealthy family, Lord Petre became a philanthropist and was responsible for employing James Paine (architect), James Paine to design a new Thorndon Hall and a house in Mayfair. Early life Lord Petre was born in Ingatestone Hall, just three months prior to the death of his father, at the age of 29, from smallpox. He was the son of Robert James Petre, 8th Baron Petre (1713–1742), a renowned horticulture, horticulturist, and Lady Henrietta Anna Mary Barbara Radclyffe (1714–1760). His maternal grandfather was James Radclyffe, 3rd Earl of Derwentwater, who was the grandson of King Charles II of England, Charles II by his mistress Moll Davis. He was born to an inheritance of exceptional wealth and influence. The claim that he was one of the dozen richest men in the Kingdom is probably fanciful but his esta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
