| Authorised form of name | Petit; Louis Hayes (? 1774 - 1849) |
| Dates | ? 1774 - 1849 |
| Date of birth | ? 1774 |
| Place of death | New Square, Lincoln's Inn |
| Date of death | 13 November 1849 |
| DatesAndPlaces | Burial:
Highgate Cemetery, London |
| Occupation | Barrister |
| Activity | Education:
Queen's College, Cambridge. BA (1796), MA (1799); studied in the chambers of Mr Charles Abbott, later Lord Tenterden
Career:
Called to the Bar at Lincoln's Inn, 1801; member of the Oxford circuit; MP for Ripon (1827); collected books, especially philological works
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 10/12/1807 |
| Relationships | Descended from the family of Petit des Etangs, near Caen, Normandy; his grandfather Louis Petit came to England at the revocation of the Edict of Nantes |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll |
| Code | NA3604 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| DM/1/13 | Letter from LH Petit, 9 New Square, Lincolns Inn, to James Hudson, Assistant Secretary, Royal Society | 7 March 1831 |
| EC/1807/10 | Petit, Louis Hayes: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |