Louis Hayes Petit
Louis Hayes Petit | |
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 Louis Hayes Petit, 1822 engraving | |
| Born | 9 November 1774 |
| Died | 13 November 1849 (aged 75) |
| Resting place | Highgate Cemetery |
Louis Hayes Petit (9 November 1774 – 13 November 1849) was an English barrister and politician.[1]
Life
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He was a younger son of the physician John Lewis Petit, who died in 1780, and was educated at Newcombe's School. Prepared for university by Samuel Parlby, he entered Queens' College, Cambridge, graduating B.A. in 1796, M.A, in 1799.[2][3] He was called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn in 1801, and practised as a barrister to 1821.[1]
Petit was elected Member of Parliament for Ripon in 1827, through a family connection with Lancelot Shadwell, who managed the constituency for the patron Elizabeth Sophia Lawrence. He support parliamentary reform, and was returned again in 1831. He did not stand the 1832 election for the reformed parliament, having lost Elizabeth Lawrence's support.[1]
Petit became a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London, in 1803, and of the Royal Society in 1807. He was a fellow also of the Linnaean Society, Geological Society and Royal Astronomical Society.[2] His heir was John Louis Petit.[1]
He died on the 13th November 1849 and is buried on the western side of Highgate Cemetery.
Notes
[edit]- ^ a b c d "Petit, Louis Hayes (1774–1849), of 9 New Square, Lincoln's Inn, Mdx., History of Parliament Online". Retrieved 7 September 2015.
- ^ a b "Petit, Lewis Hayes (PTT792LH)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ Edward Cave; John Nichols (1850). The Gentleman's Magazine, and Historical Chronicle, for the Year ... Edward Cave. p. 91.
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- 1774 births
- 1849 deaths
- Burials at Highgate Cemetery
- English barristers
- UK MPs 1826–1830
- UK MPs 1830–1831
- UK MPs 1831–1832
- Fellows of the Royal Society
- Fellows of the Society of Antiquaries of London
- Fellows of the Linnean Society of London
- Fellows of the Geological Society of London
- Fellows of the Royal Astronomical Society
- Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for English constituencies
- People educated at Newcome's School
- Alumni of Queens' College, Cambridge
- Members of Lincoln's Inn