![]() ![]() ![]() Percy was an active preacher and publisher of tracts for much of his life. His wife Emily died in 1935, and he was married to Ruth Penson-Harris in 1946. The businesses were eventually sold in 1936, when both brothers went into retirement. During the First World War they set up Westland Ltd to produce military aircraft, which they continued to do after the war. In partnership with his brother he set up Petters Ltd in 1901 producing stationary and marine oil engines. and the Polarising Microscope: A Handbook for Chemists and OthersA. Along with his brother he produced an early internal combustion engine car in 1895, but it was not a commercial success. 21st Century Homestead: Organic FertilizerSelena Campora, The mariners. 'Percy' Petter maintained an ambiguous commitment to Brethrenism despite an allegiance to the Church of England.Įducated at Yeovil Grammar School, he married Emily Jane Kennan in 1904, and they had two sons and four daughters. ![]() Both parents had been raised in the Exclusive Brethren, but broke with them in 1883, after which they attended the local Anglican church. There is also a biographical essay and a bibliographical essay produced by Stuart Braga, the husband of Patrica Braga (Petters granddaughter). A Century Preaching Christ by Stuart Braga answers these questions. Percival Waddams Petter was born on to James Bazely Petter an ironfounder in Yeovil, Somerset, and Charlotte Waddams (née Branscombe). ![]()
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