Scottish businessman and local politician
Sir Charles Petrie |
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| Nationality | Scottish |
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| Occupation(s) | businessman and politician |
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| Known for | Lord Mayor of Liverpool in 1901–1902 |
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| Spouse | Hannah Petrie |
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| Children | 2 |
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| Father | Alexander Petrie |
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Sir Charles Petrie, 1st Baronet DL (1853 – 8 July 1920) was a Scottish businessman and local politician, Lord Mayor of Liverpool in 1901–2.[1]
Life
Petrie was born near Newburgh, Fife, the son of Alexander Petrie of Carrowcarden, and went into the family fishery business; from 1855 his father was based in Sligo, Ireland, with a fishery on the River Moy, which Petrie joined after education at Wesley College, Dublin. In 1876 he set up on his own in Manchester, subsequently moving to Liverpool.[2][3][4]
Petrie had salmon fisheries in Scotland and Ireland, and oyster fisheries in Ireland, at Fleetwood, and in Essex.[5] He was leader of the Liverpool Conservatives, knighted in 1903 after his term as Lord Mayor, and created a baronet in 1918.[1]
He was a Deputy Lieutenant of Lancashire.
Family
Sir Edward Petrie, 2nd Baronet and Sir Charles Petrie, 3rd Baronet were the sons of Petrie and his wife Hannah.[6]
Arms
Coat of arms of Sir Charles Petrie, 1st Baronet
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- Crest
- A demi-eagle displayed Proper gazing at a sun Or.
- Escutcheon
- Azure on a bend between in chief a stag’s head couped and in base three crosses crosslet fitchée Argent as many escallops Gules.
- Motto
- Fide Sed Vide[7]
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