PET HE RICK

John (son of John Pet he rick, d. 1861). b. Penydarran iron works, Merthyr Tydvil 9 May 1813; resident in Wales 1813–27 and 1832–4; educ. Brieg, Silesia 1827–32; engaged in mining in Water ford and Wexford 1834–8; manager of German mining co.’s mines, Dittenburg 1838–43; mining engineer to viceroy of Egypt 1845–9; resident at Kordofan in the ivory and gum trade 1849–59; consul for the Soudan 1850–63; envoy from Royal geographical soc. to succour captains Speke and Grant 1861–2, capt. Speke quarrelled with Pet he rick and he was deprived of his consulship, his mercantile affairs fell into disorder and he had to live on a pension given him by the Egyptian government; author of Egypt, the Soudan, and Central Africa, with explorations from Khartoum, sketches of sixteen years’ travels 1861; with J. P. Clemes Report on the silver mines of Almada and Kurnapa in Mexico 1868; with Mrs. K. H. Pet he rick Travels in Central Africa, 2 vols. 1869. d. 54 Lancaster road, West bourne park, London 15 July 1882. Proc. of Royal Geog. Soc. iv 700 (1882). Note. —He m. Katherine Harriet, dau. of Sigismund Edlman. She was b. Malvern July 1827, accompanied her husband in his travels and d. St. Gorran Haven 12 Jany. 1877.