| Sir Charles Petrie | |
| Honorific-Suffix: | Bt DL |
| Birth Place: | Newburgh, Fife |
| Nationality: | Scottish |
| Occupation: | businessman and politician |
| Known For: | Lord Mayor of Liverpool in 1901–1902 |
| Spouse: | Hannah Petrie |
| Children: | 2 |
| Father: | Alexander Petrie |
Sir Charles Petrie, 1st Baronet DL (1853 – 8 July 1920) was a Scottish businessman and local politician, Lord Mayor of Liverpool in 1901–2.[1]
Petrie was born near Newburgh, Fife, the son of Alexander Petrie of Carrowcarden, and went into the family fishery business; from 1855 his father was based in Sligo, Ireland, with a fishery on the River Moy, which Petrie joined after education at Wesley College, Dublin. In 1876 he set up on his own in Manchester, subsequently moving to Liverpool.[2] [3] [4]
Petrie had salmon fisheries in Scotland and Ireland, and oyster fisheries in Ireland, at Fleetwood, and in Essex.[5] He was leader of the Liverpool Conservatives, knighted in 1903 after his term as Lord Mayor, and created a baronet in 1918.[1] He was a Deputy Lieutenant of Lancashire.
Sir Edward Petrie, 2nd Baronet and Sir Charles Petrie, 3rd Baronet were the sons of Petrie and his wife Hannah.[6]
| 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. |
| Crest: | A demi-eagle displayed Proper gazing at a sun Or. |
| Motto: | Fide Sed Vide[7] |