John Petre, 18th Baron Petre

John Patrick Lionel Petre, 18th Baron Petre, KCVO, CStJ, DL (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 KCVO CStJ DL
Lord Lieutenant of Essex
In office 2002–2017
Preceded by	The Lord Braybrooke
Succeeded by	Jennifer Tolhurst
Personal details
Born	John Patrick Lionel Petre 4 August 1942
Spouse(s)	Marcia Gwendolyn Plumpton ​ ​ (m. after 1965)​
Relations	Lionel Petre, 16th Baron Petre (grandfather)
Children	3
Parents	Joseph Petre, 17th Baron Petre Marguerite Eileen Hamilton
Education	Eton College
Alma mater	Trinity College, Oxford

Early life

Petre was on 4 August 1942, the only child of Joseph William Lionel Petre, 17th Baron Petre (1914–1989) and Marguerite Eileen (d. 2003), daughter of Ion Wentworth Hamilton, of Westwood, Nettlebed, Oxfordshire.[2] His father served in World War II as a 2nd Lt. in the Coldstream Guards and as a Capt. in the 5th Battalion, Essex Regiment.[3] 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.[4]

Petre was educated at Eton and rowed for Trinity College, Oxford.[5]

Career

Upon the death of his father on 1 January 1989, he succeeded as the 18th Baron Petre.[3]

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; Chairman of Trustees of the Ginge Petre Almshouses in Ingatestone High Street, 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),[5] and was appointed Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO) in the 2016 Birthday Honours.[6]

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. [7]

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:[3]

• Hon. Dominic William Petre (b. 1966), who married Marisa Verna Perry, daughter of Anthony J. Perry, in 1998.[3]
• Hon. Mark Julian Petre (1969–2004)[3]
• Hon. Clare Helen Petre (b. 1973), who married Ibrahim Azeem, of S Feydhoo, Maldives, in 2002.[3]

Lord Petre lives near Chelmsford. His family estate is at Ingatestone Hall,[8] where his son and heir apparent, Dominic, and his family live.[9]

See also

• Father Edward Petre
• John Petre, 1st Baron Petre

References

1. The Peerage - Royal Families Robin Henry Charles Neville; retrieved June 1, 2007.
2. Dod's Parliamentary Companion, vol. 131, C. R. Dod, R. P. Dod, Dod's Parliamentary Companion Ltd, 1963, p. 194
3. "Petre, Baron (E, 1603)". www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk. Heraldic Media Limited. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
4. Townend, Peter, ed. (1963). Burke's Peerage (103rd ed.). Burke's Peerage Limited. p. 1925.
5. 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.
6. "No. 61608". The London Gazette (Supplement). 11 June 2016. p. B4.
7. "TV channel Essex TV appeals for festive messages". Echo. 13 December 2016.
8. "Ingatestone Hall Family Tree". www.ingatestonehall.com. Ingatestone Hall. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
9. "Profiled: Lord Lieutenant of Essex - John Petre, 18th Baron Petre". www.essex-tv.co.uk. Essex-TV. 6 December 2016. Retrieved 23 July 2020.

External links

• John Petre, 18th Baron Petre, Lord Lieutenant of Essex at Getty Images
• Family of Petre
• Petre Genealogy
• http://thepeerage.com/p3630.htm#i36291