| Authorised form of name | Peirson; Peter (1739 - 1808) |
| Dates | 1739 - 1808 |
| Date of birth | 1739 |
| Date of death | 27 December 1808 |
| DatesAndPlaces | Burial:
Temple Church, London (04 January 1809) |
| Occupation | Barrister |
| Activity | Career:
Admitted at Inner Temple (1759); called to the Bar (1764); bencher of Inner Temple (1800); Deputy Governor, South Sea Company
Memberships:
FSA
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 03/07/1794 |
| Relationships | Son of Peter Peirson of St Andrew's, Holborn |
| OtherInfo | The South Sea Company (officially The Governor and Company of the merchants of Great Britain, trading to the South Seas and other parts of America, and for the encouragement of the Fishery) was a British joint-stock company founded in 1711, created as a public-private partnership to consolidate and reduce the cost of the national debt. To generate income, in 1713 the company was granted a monopoly (the Asiento) to supply enslaved Africans to the islands in the 'South Seas' and South America. Company stock rose greatly in value as it expanded its operations dealing in government debt, and peaked in 1720 before suddenly collapsing to little above its original flotation price. The notorious economic bubble thus created, which ruined thousands of investors, became known as the South Sea Bubble. |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll |
| Code | NA5119 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| EC/1794/06 | Peirson, Peter: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |