Sir Charles Petrie, 1st Baronet
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Sir Charles Petrie | |
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| Born | |
| Occupations | businessman and politician |
| Known for | Lord Mayor of Liverpool in 1901–1902 |
| Spouse | Hannah Petrie |
| Children | 2 |
| Father | Alexander Petrie |
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]
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.
