suc. fa. 3 June 1713 (a minor) as 8th Bar. PETRE
Never sat.
b. 3 June 1713, o.s. of Robert Petre, 7th Baron Petre, and Catherine, da. and h. of Bartholomew Walmesley of Dunkenhalgh, Lancs. m. 2 May 1732 Lady Anna Maria Barbara Radcliffe (d.1760), da. of James Radcliffe, 3rd earl of Derwentwater, 1s. 3 da. d. 2 July 1742.
FRS 1731; FSA 1739.
Associated with: Ingatestone Hall and Thorndon Hall, Essex.
Born posthumously, Petre succeeded to his father’s honours at birth. As a minor he was unable to sit in Queen Anne’s last Parliament but would in any case have been disabled by his catholicism. His short life was dominated by his devotion to the cultivation of plants, especially trees, and to garden design; what political influence he had as an adult will be covered in the next part of this work.
R.P.