- Lionel George Carroll Petre, 16th Baron Petre
Captain Lionel George Carroll, 16th Lord Petre (
3 November 1890 –30 September 1915 ) was an English baron. He was educated at the Oratory, Edgbaston & Sandhurst. There is a story that he originally intended to join theKing's Royal Rifle Corps but was turned down he then joined the fourth Pioneer Battalion,Coldstream Guards . He became alieutenant and finally acaptain . In 1908, he became engaged to Catherine Margaret Boscawen, daughter of John Richard de Clare Boscawen, taking a diamond from an earring of the Petre jewels to make the ring. They married atWestminster Cathedral on28 June 1913 . He served in France and Belgium, but died atParis-Plage on 30 September 1915 of wounds received in action at theBattle of Loos .
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