Sir John Pirie, 1st Baronet
Sir John Pirie, 1st Baronet (1781 – 26 February 1851), was a British shipbroker and Lord Mayor of London. He was the largest shipbroker in London.[1]
In the 1830s he started to uphold Wakefield's principles and became a founding director, and one of the largest financiers, of the South Australian Company.[2] He was also a director of the New Zealand Company,[3] and the East India Company.[4] One of the first three ships despatched in 1836 to found the new colony of South Australia was the 105 ton two-masted schooner John Pirie.[1]
He was elected Sheriff of London for 1831-32 and Lord Mayor for 1841-42. He was created a baronet, of Camberwell in the County of Surrey, in 1842 on his retirement as Lord Mayor.[5] Pirie had no children and died at Champion Hill, Camberwell on 26 February 1851. Although he was a past director of City of London and Tower Hamlets Cemetery Co he was buried at West Norwood Cemetery.
The title died with him.[1] Some of the places in South Australia named after Pirie, or the ship John Pirie were Pirie Street, Adelaide, and Port Pirie, South Australia.
References
- ^ a b c Streets Named on the 23rd May, 1837, History of Adelaide Through Street Names, historysouthaustralia.net, updated 4 March 2005. Retrieved 19 September 2011.
- ^ The South Australian Company South Australian Gazette and Colonial Register 18 June 1836 p.6
- ^ Court of Directors, New Zealand Company. PDF
- ^ The court of directors of the East India Company versus Her Majesty's Ministers.p.2
- ^ The London Gazette: no. 20091. p. 1046. 15 April 1842.
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| Preceded by Thomas Johnson |
Lord Mayor of London 1841–1842 |
Succeeded by John Humphery |
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| New creation | Baronet (of Camberwell) 1842–1851 |
Extinct |
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