Sir Edward Petre, 3rd Baronet
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Sir Edward Petre, 3rd Baronet (1631 – 15 May 1699) was an English
privy councillor
.
Early life
Petre was the son of Francis Petre, 1st Baronet, of Cranham (Essex), head of a junior branch of the family of the
Roman Catholics. In 1649 he was sent for his education to the Jesuit College at St Omer and entered the Society of Jesus in 1671.[citation needed
]
Career
Petre served as a chaplain and adviser to
Protestants
, aroused much ire, and much of it was directed at Petre, his close advisor on religious matters.
Before James's accession in 1685, Petre was vice-provincial of his order. James soon made him
papal nuncio in London. James and Castlemaine continued to push for a bishop's position for Petre through 1687, and further requested that Petre be made a cardinal, but the pope steadfastly refused. James contemplated making Petre Anglican Archbishop of York when the see fell vacant, but the pope would not grant Petre a dispensation to hold it, and he even directed Petre's superiors to rebuke him for his excessive ambition. Petre was made a privy counsellor and Clerk of the Closet
the same year.
After his nomination to the Privy Council, the popular charges against Petre became more fervid than ever, reaching their height in insinuations made about the controversial birth of
Valten
in Flanders, where he died in 1699.
References
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Petre, Sir Edward". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 21 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Family of Petre". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.- Lee, Sidney, ed. (1896). . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 45. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
- Handley, Stuart. "Petre, Sir Edward, third baronet (1630x33–1699)". doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/22046. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)
External links
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