PIRIE, SIR JOHN, 1 Baronet (eld. son of John Pirie of Dunse,
Berwickshire). _b._ Berwick upon Tweed or Aberdeen 18 Sept.
1781; merchant ship broker and shipowner at 5 Pope’s Head alley,
London 1807; sheriff of London and Middlesex 1831; alderman
of ward of Cornhill 1834 to death; lord mayor of London 1841;
created baronet 13 April 1842, in consequence of the birth of a
prince of Wales during his mayoralty; president of St. Thomas’s
hospital, London 1842 to death; contested city of London 28 June