William Petre, 2nd Baron Petre
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1575 – 1637
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Who was William Petre, 2nd Baron Petre?
William Petre, 2nd Baron Petre was an English peer and Member of Parliament.
He was born the son of Sir John Petre, 1st Baron Petre and was educated at Exeter College, Oxford and the Middle Temple.
He was elected MP for Essex in 1597, knighted in 1603 and inherited the Barony and the Ingatestone estate on his father's death in 1613. In 1623 he was appointed justice of the peace for Essex but, due to his uncompromising recusancy, he was dismissed in 1625 from the Magistracy and deprived of all of his other public offices.
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