The Petrie Baronetcy, of Carrowcarden, Castleconnor, in the Barony of Tireragh in the County of Sligo, is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 20 June 1918 for Sir Charles Petrie, Lord Mayor of Liverpool from 1901 to 1902. The third Baronet was a well-known historian. The fifth Baronet was a prominent diplomat and served as British Ambassador to Belgium from 1985 to 1989.

Petrie baronets, of Carrowcarden (1918)

The heir apparent to the title is his son Arthur Cecil Petrie (b. 1987)

Arms

Coat of arms of Petrie baronets
Crest
A demi-eagle displayed Proper gazing at a sun Or.
Escutcheon
Azure on a bend between in chief a stag’s head couped and in base three crosses crosslet fitchée Argent as many escallops Gules.
Motto
Fide Sed Vide[1]

Notes

  1. Burke's Peerage. 1956.

References

  • 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 – Baronetcies beginning with "P" (part 2)
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