Louis Hayes Petit
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| Born | 9 November 1774 |
| Died | 13 November 1849 (aged 75) |
| Resting place | Highgate Cemetery |
Louis Hayes Petit (9 November 1774 – 13 November 1849) was an English barrister and politician.[1]
Life
He was a younger son of the physician
called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn in 1801, and practised as a barrister to 1821.[1]
Petit was elected Member of Parliament for Ripon in 1827, through a family connection with Lancelot Shadwell, who managed the constituency for the patron Elizabeth Sophia Lawrence. He support parliamentary reform, and was returned again in 1831. He did not stand the 1832 election for the reformed parliament, having lost Elizabeth Lawrence's support.[1]
Petit became a fellow of the
He died on the 13th November 1849 and is buried on the western side of Highgate Cemetery.
Notes
- ^ a b c d "Petit, Louis Hayes (1774–1849), of 9 New Square, Lincoln's Inn, Mdx., History of Parliament Online". Retrieved 7 September 2015.
- ^ a b "Petit, Lewis Hayes (PTT792LH)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ Edward Cave; John Nichols (1850). The Gentleman's Magazine, and Historical Chronicle, for the Year ... Edward Cave. p. 91.
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