65:
in May 1712), which was an enormous public success, selling 3,000 copies in four days. The first version of the poem, however, so lampooned all those involved that it upset the Petres even more and
Arabella, flattered to be cast as a heroine by the distinguished Mr. Pope, is said to have become "very
33:
Robert is said to have spurned wearing a wig in the conventional way, spending instead six hours every day dressing his own hair. He caused an uproar of indignation and outrage in the family when, in 1711, out of reckless mischief, the twenty-year-old cut off a lock of hair from the head of a
55:, a friend of the family, was prevailed upon to write one of his humorous heroic verses about the incident in the hope that laughter would defuse the situation. The result was
30:(1633–1706) and his wife Mary Clifton, daughter of Sir Thomas Clifton. He succeeded to his title, at the age of 17, upon the death of his father.
110:
243:
132:
91:
238:
205:
188:
27:
94:(1697 – 31 January 1785), an extremely rich Lancastrian heiress. Not long after, they acquired the manor of
67:
248:
233:
228:
223:
57:
39:
163:
179:
75:
137:
87:
109:, at the age of 23, before doing so. His 16-year-old bride was 6 months pregnant. His son,
35:
52:
20:
217:
102:
149:
195:
95:
71:
141:
106:
23:
165:
Debrett's
Peerage of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
34:
celebrated beauty, his distant cousin, the sixteen-year-old
90:, but on the strength of his marriage on 1 March 1712, to
66:troublesome and conceited". She became the wife of
8:
136:(online ed.). Oxford University Press.
175:
113:, was born three months after his death.
133:Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
122:
7:
101:Lord Petre intended to move back to
130:Wood, Robert G. E. "Petre family".
111:Robert James Petre, 8th Baron Petre
14:
168:. G. Woodfall. 1828. p. 303.
86:It is known that Petre lived at
78:in about 1716 and died in 1738.
105:, the family seat, but died of
38:, daughter of Henry Fermor of
1:
28:Thomas Petre, 6th Baron Petre
19:(1689 – 22 March 1713) was a
17:Robert Petre, 7th Baron Petre
150:UK public library membership
265:
202:
193:
185:
178:
244:People from Ingatestone
142:10.1093/ref:odnb/74980
239:Deaths from smallpox
61:(first published in
58:The Rape of the Lock
47:The Rape of the Lock
40:Tusmore, Oxfordshire
92:Catherine Walmesley
63:Lintot's Miscellany
180:Peerage of England
76:Reading, Berkshire
212:
211:
203:Succeeded by
148:(Subscription or
256:
200:1706–1713
186:Preceded by
176:
170:
169:
160:
154:
153:
145:
127:
88:Ingatestone Hall
264:
263:
259:
258:
257:
255:
254:
253:
214:
213:
208:
199:
191:
174:
173:
162:
161:
157:
147:
129:
128:
124:
119:
84:
68:Francis Perkins
50:
36:Arabella Fermor
12:
11:
5:
262:
260:
252:
251:
246:
241:
236:
231:
226:
216:
215:
210:
209:
204:
201:
192:
187:
183:
182:
172:
171:
155:
121:
120:
118:
115:
83:
80:
53:Alexander Pope
49:
44:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
261:
250:
247:
245:
242:
240:
237:
235:
232:
230:
227:
225:
222:
221:
219:
207:
198:
197:
190:
184:
181:
177:
167:
166:
159:
156:
151:
143:
139:
135:
134:
126:
123:
116:
114:
112:
108:
104:
103:Thorndon Hall
99:
97:
93:
89:
82:Personal life
81:
79:
77:
73:
69:
64:
60:
59:
54:
48:
45:
43:
41:
37:
31:
29:
26:, the son of
25:
22:
18:
249:Barons Petre
234:Petre family
206:Robert Petre
194:
189:Thomas Petre
164:
158:
131:
125:
100:
85:
62:
56:
51:
46:
32:
16:
15:
229:1713 deaths
224:1689 births
196:Baron Petre
96:Dunkenhalgh
72:Ufton Court
218:Categories
152:required.)
107:smallpox
74:, near
21:British
146:
117:Notes
24:peer
138:doi
70:of
220::
98:.
42:.
144:.
140::
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.