Edgar Corrie (1748–1819) was a Scottish merchant in Liverpool, a close associate at the end of the 18th century of John Gladstone.
[6][7] In 1786 John Gladstone took the decision to move south from Leith to join Corrie, who was interested in challenging Thomas Booth for the Liverpool corn trade.
[8] Corrie wrote an extended letter (in fact two enclosures) on the Atlantic slave trade in 1788 to Lord Hawkesbury, asking that his anonymity be respected, with disclosure of his name only to William Pitt the younger.
[21][22] He also provided a seller's analysis of the Atlantic trade, with emphasis on freedom of choice of markets, in the context of available credit instruments.
[25] Ainslie, using the pseudonym "Philo Scotus", wrote memoirs Reminiscences of a Scottish gentleman commencing in 1787 (1861) that cover his arrival in Liverpool, with an introduction from Charles Stirling.