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Petrie, Sir David

(1879–1961)

Jason Tomes

https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/35494

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Petrie, Sir David (1879–1961), police officer in India and head of the security service, was born on 9 September 1879 at Inveravon, Banffshire, the second surviving son of Thomas Petrie, master millwright, and his wife, Jane Allan. After taking an MA degree at ...

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date: 27 February 2021

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