The Petit Baronetcy, of Petit Hall on the Island of

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, 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 Sir Dinshaw Maneckji Petit, 1st Baronet (30 June 18235 May 1901) was an Indian entrepreneur and founder of the first textile mills in India, as well as a great philanthropist. He was part of the Petit family and became the first Petit baronet ...

. 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 ''Whatever he asks for, he gets what he wants''.

Petit Baronets, of Petit Hall (1890)

* Sir Dinshaw Maneckji Petit, 1st Baronet (1823–1901) * Sir Dinshaw Maneckji Petit, 2nd Baronet (1873–1933). His daughter, Rattanbai, married

Jinnah Muhammad Ali Jinnah (, ; born Mahomedali Jinnahbhai; 25 December 1876 – 11 September 1948) was a barrister, politician, and the founder of Pakistan. Jinnah served as the leader of the All-India Muslim League from 1913 until the ...

and was the mother of

Dina Wadia Dina Wadia (born Dina Jinnah; 15 August 19192 November 2017) was the daughter of Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the founding father of Pakistan and Rattanbai Petit. She belonged to the prominent Jinnah family through her father, the Petit fa ...

* Sir Dinshaw Maneckji Petit, 3rd Baronet (1901–1983). His wife, Sylla, was a sister of

JRD Tata Jehangir Ratanji Dadabhoy Tata (29 July 1904 – 29 November 1993) was a French- Indian aviator, industrialist, entrepreneur and chairman of Tata Group. Born into the Tata family of India, he was the son of noted businessman Ratanji Dadabh ...

. * Sir Dinshaw Maneckji Petit, 4th Baronet (1934–1998) * Sir Dinshaw Maneckji Petit, 5th Baronet (born 1965)

Other family members

* Sylla Tata, wife of the 3rd Baronet. She was the daughter of

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chairman Ratanji Dadabhoy Tata, the sister of

, and the sister-in-law of Rattanbai Petit (see below). *

Rattanbai Petit Rattanbai Jinnah (''née'' Petit; 20 February 1900 – 20 February 1929), also known as Ruttie Jinnah, was the wife of Muhammad Ali Jinnah, an important figure in the creation of Pakistan and the country's founder. Additionally, Rattanbai Petit ...

(1900–1929), daughter of the 2nd Baronet. She married Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the founder of

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. *

(1919–2017), daughter of Muhammad Ali Jinnah and Rattanbai Petit. She was married to

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chairman

Neville Wadia Neville Ness Wadia (22 August 1911 – 31 July 1996) was a British businessman, philanthropist and a member of the Wadia family, an old Parsi family which, by the 1840s, was one of the leading forces in the Indian shipbuilding industry. W ...

, son of Sir Ness Waida and Lady Evelyne Clara Powell Wadia.

References

*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990. *{{Rayment-bt, date=March 2012 Petit Baronetcies created with special remainders Indian baronets 1890 establishments in India

Petit Baronets, of Petit Hall (1890)

Other family members

See also

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