John Petre, 18th Baron Petre

John Patrick Lionel Petre, 18th Baron Petre, DL CStJ KCVO (born 4 August 1942) is a British peer and landowner who was the Lord Lieutenant of Essex, succeeding Robin Neville, 10th Baron Braybrooke in October 2002.[1] He is the 18th Baron of the Petre family, an old recusant family.

The Right Honourable

The Lord Petre

DL CStJ KCVO
Lord Lieutenant of Essex
In office
2002–2017
Preceded byThe Lord Braybrooke
Succeeded byJennifer Tolhurst
Personal details
Born
John Patrick Lionel Petre

(1942-08-04) 4 August 1942
Spouse(s)
Marcia Gwendolyn Plumpton
​
(
m. after 1965)
RelationsLionel Petre, 16th Baron Petre (grandfather)
Children3
ParentsJoseph Petre, 17th Baron Petre
Marguerite Eileen Hamilton
EducationEton College
Alma materTrinity College, Oxford

Early life

Petre was on 4 August 1942, the only child of the former Marguerite Eileen Hamilton (d. 2003), daughter of Ion Wentworth Hamilton of Nettlebed, and Joseph William Lionel Petre, 17th Baron Petre (1914–1989), who served in World War II as 2nd Lt. of the Coldstream Guards and a Capt. of the 5th Battalion, Essex Regiment.[2] His father was the eldest child and only son of Lionel Petre, 16th Baron Petre, and his wife Catherine Boscawen, and succeeded to the title Lord Petre at only fifteen months old in 1915, after his father died in the First World War.[3]

Petre was educated at Eton and rowed for Trinity College, Oxford.[4]

Career

Upon the death of his father on 1 January 1989, he succeeded as the 18th Baron Petre.[2]

Petre is associated with local organizations such as Essex Boys and Girls Clubs, Brentwood Arts Council; Brentwood Shakespeare Company; Ingatestone and Fryerning Horticultural Society, Honorary Member of the Rotary Club of Ingatestone, Brentwood Theatre; Ingatestone and Fryerning Angling Club; CAB (Brentwood) Appeal Fund; Ingatestone and Fryerning Historical and Archeological Society; and patron of the Billericay based Hamelin Trust and the registered charity Grapevine Essex; President of Essex County Scouts, Stock and Buttsbury Heritage Society and St John Ambulance Essex.

He held the office of Deputy Lieutenant (DL) of Essex in 1991. He was appointed Commander of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem (CStJ),[4] and was appointed Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO) in the 2016 Birthday Honours.[5]

In December 2016, it was announced that Petre would deliver a Christmas message for the people of Essex. The message was initially broadcast on Essex TV on Christmas Eve. [6]

Personal life

On 16 September 1965, Petre was married to Marcia Gwendolyn Plumpton, the only daughter of Alfred Plumpton of Portsmouth. Together, they were the parents of three children:[2]

  • Hon. Dominic William Petre (b. 1966), who married Marisa Verna Perry, daughter of Anthony J. Perry, in 1998.[2]
  • Hon. Mark Julian Petre (1969–2004)[2]
  • Hon. Clare Helen Petre (b. 1973), who married Ibrahim Azeem, of S Feydhoo, Maldives, in 2002.[2]

Lord Petre lives near Chelmsford. His family estate is at Ingatestone Hall,[7] where his son and heir apparent, Dominic, and his family live.[8]

See also

References
  1. The Peerage - Royal Families Robin Henry Charles Neville; retrieved June 1, 2007.
  2. "Petre, Baron (E, 1603)". www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk. Heraldic Media Limited. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
  3. Townend, Peter, ed. (1963). Burke's Peerage (103rd Edition). Burke's Peerage Limited. p. 1925.
  4. Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003. p. 2003.
  5. "No. 61608". The London Gazette (Supplement). 11 June 2016. p. B4.
  6. "TV channel Essex TV appeals for festive messages". Echo. 13 December 2016.
  7. "Ingatestone Hall Family Tree". www.ingatestonehall.com. Ingatestone Hall. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
  8. "Profiled: Lord Lieutenant of Essex - John Petre, 18th Baron Petre". www.essex-tv.co.uk. Essex-TV. 6 December 2016. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
Honorary titles
Preceded by
The Lord Braybrooke		 Lord Lieutenant of Essex
2002–2017		 Succeeded by
Jennifer Tolhurst
Peerage of England
Preceded by
Joseph Petre		 Baron Petre
1989–present		 Incumbent
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.