Petit baronets
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The Petit Baronetcy, of Petit Hall on the Island of
Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 1 September 1890 for the Indian entrepreneur and philanthropist Dinshaw Maneckji Petit
.
The baronetcy was created with remainder to Framjee Petit, second son of the first Baronet, and the heirs male of his body, failing which to the heirs male of the body of the first Baronet. By Special Act of the Legislative Council of India, all holders of the title were to relinquish their own name upon succession and assume the name of the first Baronet.
The family's arms display the slogan, Consequitur quod cunque petit, translated as He obtains whatever he asks.
Petit Baronets of Petit Hall
- Sir Dinshaw Maneckji Petit, 1st Baronet (1823–1901)
- Sir Dinshaw Maneckji Petit, 2nd Baronet (1873–1933)
- Sir Dinshaw Maneckji Petit, 3rd Baronet (1901–1983)
- Sir Dinshaw Maneckji Petit, 4th Baronet (1934–1998)
- Sir Dinshaw Maneckji Petit, 5th Baronet (1965-present)
Family members
- Dinshaw Maneckji Petit, industrialist and the 1st baronet
- Bomanjee Dinshaw Petit, third son of 1st baronet
- Jehangir Bomanji Petit, son of Bomanjee and grandson of 1st baronet
- Mithuben Petit, granddaughter of 1st baronet
- Suzanne Brière.
- Rattanbai Petit, daughter of the 2nd Baronet. She was married to Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the founder of Pakistan.
- Dina Wadia, daughter of Jinnah and Rattanbai. She was married to Bombay Dyeing chairman Neville Wadia.
- Dorabji Tata, husband of Meherbai Bhabha (granddaughter of 1st baronet)
- Homi J. Bhabha, son of Meherbai Bhabha
See also
References
- Outlook India. 3 November 2017.
- Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
- Leigh Rayment's list of baronets