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.Streets Named on 23 May 1837
History of Adelaide Through Street Names, historysouthaustralia.net, updated 4 March 2005. Retrieved 19 September 2011. In the 1830s he started to uphold Edward Gibbon Wakefield, Wakefield's principles and became a founding director, and one of the largest financiers, of the South Australian Company.The South Australian Company
''South Australian Gazette and Colonial Register'' 18 June 1836 p. 6 He was also a director of the New Zealand Company, and the East India Company. One of the First Fleet of South Australia, first three ships despatched in 1836 to found the new colony of South Australia was the 105-ton two-masted schooner named John Pirie (ship), ''John Pirie''. Pirie 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. 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. Pirie Street in Adelaide and the city of Port Pirie were also named after him.

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1781 births 1851 deaths Baronets in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom Sheriffs of the City of London 19th-century lord mayors of London 19th-century English politicians 19th-century Australian politicians Directors of the South Australian Company Burials at West Norwood Cemetery {{Lord-Mayor-of-London-stub