Charles Petrie

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Sir Charles Alexander Petrie, 3rd Baronet (born September 28, 1895 in Liverpool , † December 13, 1977 ) was a British historian .

He has written several works on British, Jacobite and Spanish history. In the 30s he sympathized with the fascists around Oswald Mosley , Franco supporter. He was a supporter of Chamberlain 's policies of appeasement , editor of the conservative New English Review , corresponding member of the Spanish Historical Society and President of the Irish Military Historical Society.

In 1927, on the death of his older brother Edward Petrie, he inherited the title of baronet , created in 1918 for his father Sir Charles Petrie , of Carrowcarden in the County of Sligo.

From his first marriage to Ursula Dowdall, which was closed in 1920 and divorced in 1926, he had a son, Charles Petrie (1921–1988), who succeeded him in 1977 as 4th Baronet. From his second marriage to Jessie Mason in 1926, he had another son, Peter Petrie (* 1932), who followed his childless half-brother in 1988 as the 5th baronet.

Works

  • The Stuart Pretenders: A History of The Jacobite Movement, 1688-1807 . - Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1933
  • Mussolini . - Leipzig: Kittler, 1933 (in German, translator: FM Thomas)
  • The History of Spain . - New York: D. Appleton-Century Co., 1934 (together with Louis Bertrand )
  • The Four Georges: A revaluation of the period from 1714-1830 . - London: Eyre Spottiswoode, 1935
  • The Stuarts . - London: Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1937
  • The Chamberlain Tradition . - New York: Stokes, 1938
  • The Life and Letters of the Right Hon. Sir Austen Chamberlain . - London: Cassell, 1939
  • The Marshal Duke of Berwick  : the picture of an age . - London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1953
  • Lord Liverpool and his times . - London: J. Barrie, 1954
  • Wellington: A Reassessment . - London: James Barrie, 1956
  • Daniel O'Conor Sligo : His family and his times . Dublin: National University of Ireland, 1958
  • Philip II of Spain . - London: Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1963
  • The Great Tyrconnel: A Chapter in Anglo-Irish Relations . - Cork: Mercier Press, 1972
  • King Charles, Prince Rupert, and the Civil War: from original letters . - London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1974 ( ISBN 0710079699 )

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personal data
SURNAME Petrie, Charles
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Petrie, Sir Charles Alexander, 3rd Baronet (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British historian
DATE OF BIRTH September 28, 1895
PLACE OF BIRTH Liverpool
DATE OF DEATH December 13, 1977