Petit baronets

Petit
Place of origin	Bombay, British India
Members	See list below
Connected families	List Tata family Jinnah family Bhabha family Wadia family
Traditions	Zoroastrian

The Petit Baronetcy, of Petit Hall on the Island of Bombay, is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 1 September 1890 for the Indian entrepreneur and philanthropist Dinshaw Maneckji Petit.

The baronetcy was created with remainder to Framjee Petit, second son of the first Baronet, and the heirs male of his body, failing which to the heirs male of the body of the first Baronet. By Special Act of the Legislative Council of India, all holders of the title were to relinquish their own name upon succession and assume the name of the first Baronet.

The family's arms display the slogan, Consequitur quod cunque petit, translated as "He obtains whatever he asks", and is known for establishing various industries, institutes, orphanages and hospitals in India.

Patronages

Petit Baronets of Petit Hall

• Sir Dinshaw Maneckji Petit, 1st Baronet (1823–1901)
• Sir Dinshaw Maneckji Petit, 2nd Baronet (1873–1933)
• Sir Dinshaw Maneckji Petit, 3rd Baronet (1901–1983)
• Sir Dinshaw Maneckji Petit, 4th Baronet (1934–1998)
• Sir Dinshaw Maneckji Petit, 5th Baronet (1965-present)

The heir apparent is the present baronet's only son Rehan Jehangir Petit (b. 1995) ^[1]

Family members

• Dinshaw Maneckji Petit, industrialist and the 1st baronet
• Bomanjee Dinshaw Petit, industrialist and the third son of 1st baronet
• Jehangir Bomanji Petit, industrialist and the son of Bomanjee and grandson of 1st baronet
• Mithuben Petit, activist and the granddaughter of 1st baronet
• Sylla Tata, wife of the 3rd baronet. She was the daughter of Ratanji Dadabhoy Tata and Suzanne Brière.
• Rattanbai Petit, daughter of the 2nd Baronet. She was married to Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the founder of Pakistan.
• Dina Wadia, daughter of Jinnah and Rattanbai. She was married to Bombay Dyeing chairman Neville Wadia.
• Homi J. Bhabha, nuclear scientist and the son of Meherbai Framji Panday (granddaughter of 1st baronet)

References

1. Morris, Susan; Bosberry-Scott, Wendy; Belfield, Gervase, eds. (2019). "Petit (UK) 1890, of Petit Hall". Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage. Vol. 2 (150th ed.). London: Debrett's Ltd. pp. 5278–5279. ISBN   978-1-999767-0-5-1.

• Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
• Leigh Rayment's list of baronets