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Sir John Pirie, 1st Baronet

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{{For|the politician|John Pirie (MP)}}{{Use British English|date=June 2015}}{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2012}}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.

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1. ^¹²Streets Named on 23 May 1837, History of Adelaide Through Street Names, historysouthaustralia.net, updated 4 March 2005. Retrieved 19 September 2011.
2. ^The South Australian Company South Australian Gazette and Colonial Register 18 June 1836 p.6
3. ^Court of Directors, New Zealand Company. PDF
4. ^The court of directors of the East India Company versus Her Majesty's Ministers.p.2
5. ^{{London Gazette |issue=20091 |date=15 April 1842 |page=1046 }}

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