John Orr (7 January 1858 – 30 June 1932) was an Irish South African businessman who founded the department store John Orr's, eventually sold to Mr. Price.
John Orr's opened branches across South Africa as well as Lourenço Marques (now Maputo, Mozambique).
[1] Other activities include:[1] He was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire in 1918.
[1] Orr's house on Lodge Road, Dunluce, or Lillienville as it was first known, was designed by D. W. Greatbatch for Gustav Bonas, a diamond buyer, in 1897.
In 1974, Barlow Duce bought the house, restored it and donated it to the McGregor Museum.