Sir Charles Petrie, 3rd Baronet Facts for Kids

Quick facts for kids Sir Charles Alexander Petrie Bt CBE
Born	28 September 1895 Liverpool, England, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Died	13 December 1977
Occupation	Historian
Nationality	British
Education	Oxford degree

Sir Charles Alexander Petrie, 3rd Baronet CBE (born September 28, 1895 – died December 13, 1977) was a famous British historian. He was known for writing many books about history, especially about royal families and important political events. He also worked as a journalist and edited several magazines.

Growing Up and Education
A Historian's Journey
Published Works
- Articles
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Growing Up and Education

Charles Petrie was born in Liverpool, England. He was the younger son of Sir Charles Petrie, 1st Baronet, and his wife, Hannah. He studied at the University of Oxford. In 1927, he inherited the family title of baronet.

A Historian's Journey

Petrie was very interested in royalism, which supports kings and queens, and Jacobitism. Jacobitism was a movement to bring the House of Stuart royal family back to the throne of Great Britain.

Imagining History: What If?

One of his most famous works was an essay from 1926 called If: A Jacobite Fantasy. This was a type of writing called counterfactual history. It means imagining "what if" history had happened differently.

In his essay, Petrie imagined that Bonnie Prince Charlie, a Stuart prince, continued his march towards London. He pictured that the current king, George II of the House of Hanover, would flee. This would lead to the Stuarts returning to power. In this imagined world, there was no Battle of Culloden in 1746. The Stuart family would rule for many more years. He even imagined the American Revolution not happening.

Books About Kings and Queens

Sir Charles Petrie wrote several books about King Charles I of England. He generally had a positive view of Charles I's government. He also wrote biographies, which are life stories, of important people. These included Lord Bolingbroke and Walter Long.

He also wrote about three Spanish kings: Philip II, Charles III, and Alfonso XIII. Another book was about Don John of Austria, a famous Spanish military leader.

Views on Politics and World Events

During the 1930s, Petrie explored different political ideas. He was initially impressed by Benito Mussolini, a leader in Italy, and wrote a book about him in 1931. He also attended a conference in 1932 where people discussed similar political views.

He joined a group called the January Club in 1934. However, he always spoke out against Nazism. Later in his life, in his 1972 memoir A Historian Looks at his World, he wrote that his earlier views on some political figures were not positive.

Petrie also worked as a literary editor for the New English Review magazine. He supported General Francisco Franco, a leader in Spain, during the Spanish Civil War. He was friends with a diplomat named the 17th Duke of Alba, who also supported Franco.

After 1945, he edited the Household Brigade Magazine. He also wrote regularly for the Illustrated London News and Catholic Herald. He was also a co-editor of the English Review Magazine.

In the late 1930s, Petrie supported Neville Chamberlain, a British Prime Minister. Later, he also supported Winston Churchill, another Prime Minister, though with some reservations. In 1941, he tried to become a candidate for the Conservative Party in Dorset South but was not chosen.

In 1957, he was awarded the CBE, which stands for Commander of the Order of the British Empire. This is a special honor given to people for their achievements.

Published Works

Two Essays in Spanish History, Hugh Egerton & Co., 1922.
The White Rose: A Historical Drama in Three Acts, Hugh Egerton & Co., 1923.
The History of Government, Little, Brown, and Company, 1929.
Mussolini, Holme Press, 1931.
The Jacobite Movement, Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1932.
Monarchy, Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1933.
The Stuart Pretenders – A History of The Jacobite Movement, 1688–1807, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1933.
The History of Spain, Eyre And Spottiswoode, 1934 [with Louis Bertrand].
Spain, Arrowsmith, 1934.
The Letters Speeches and Proclamations of King Charles I, Cassell, 1935.
The Four Georges A Revaluation of the Period From 1714 to 1830, Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1935.
William Pitt, Duckworth, 1935.
Walter Long and his Times, Hutchinson & Co., ltd. 1936.
Lords of the Inland Sea: A Study of the Mediterranean Powers, L. Dickson Limited, 1937.
Bolingbroke, Collins, 1937.
The Stuarts, Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1937.
The Chamberlain Tradition, L. Dickson, Limited, 1938.
The Chamberlain Tradition, Frederick A. Stokes, 1938. Revised from the earlier English edition to incorporate current events.
Louis XIV, T. Butterworth, ltd., 1938.
The Life and Letters of The Right Hon. Sir Austen Chamberlain K.G., P.C., M.P, Cassel, 1939/1940 [2 volumes].
Joseph Chamberlain, Duckworth, 1940.
Twenty Years' Armistice – and After: British Foreign Policy Since 1918, Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1940.
When Britain Saved Europe, the Tale and the Moral, Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1941.
George Canning, Eyre & Spottiswoode, 2nd ed., 1946.
Diplomatic History, 1713–1933, Hollis and Carter, 1946.
The Private Diaries (March 1940 to January 1941) of Paul Baudouin, 1948 [translator].
Earlier Diplomatic History, 1492–1713, Hollis and Carter, 1949.

The Jacobite Movement. The First Phase 1688–1716, Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1948.
The Jacobite Movement. The Last Phase, 1716–1807, Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1950.
Chapters of Life, Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1950.
The Duke of Berwick and His Son; Some Unpublished Letters and Papers, Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1951.
Monarchy in the Twentieth Century, A. Dakers, 1952.
Spain in the Modern World, University of Nottingham: Montague Burton International Relations Lectures, 1952.
The Marshal Duke of Berwick; The Picture of an Age, Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1953.
Lord Liverpool and his Times, J. Barrie, 1954.
The Carlton Club, Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1955.
Wellington: A Reassessment, J. Barrie, 1956.
The Powers Behind the Prime Ministers, MacGibbon & Kee, 1958.
The Jacobite Movement, 1958 [revision].
Daniel O'Conor Sligo: His Family and His Times, National University of Ireland, 1958.
The Spanish Royal House, G. Bles, 1958.
The Victorians, Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1960.
The Modern British Monarchy, Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1961.
King Alfonso XIII and His Age, Chapman & Hall, 1963.
Philip II of Spain, Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1963.
Scenes of Edwardian Life, Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1965.
Don John of Austria, Eyre & Spottiswoode 1967.
Great Beginnings In The Age Of Queen Victoria, Macmillan & Company, 1967.
The Letters of King Charles I, Funk & Wagnalls, 1968.
The Drift to World War, 1900–1914, Benn, 1968.
King Charles III of Spain: An Enlightened Despot, Constable 1971.
A Historian Looks at His World, Sidgwick and Jackson, 1972.
The Great Tyrconnel: A Chapter in Anglo-Irish Relations, Mercier Press, 1972.
King Charles, Prince Rupert, and the Civil War: from Original Letters Routledge & Kegan Paul 1974 ISBN: 0710079699

Articles

"Madrid and Its Life To-day," The Living Age, 3 July 1926.
"The Jacobite Activities in South and West England in the Summer of 1715," Transactions of the Royal Historical Society, vol. XVIII, 1935.
"The Silver Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II", The Contemporary Review, vol. 230, 1336 (1 May 1977): 242–247.

Family Coat of Arms

Arms of Sir Charles Petrie, 3rd Baronet
	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

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