Peter Perchard (c. 1729 – 21 January 1806) was a British goldsmith and merchant who served as Lord Mayor of London in 1804.
[1] Perchard grew wealthy from privateering in the English Channel after the British government declared reprisals against the allies of the nascent United States of America.
[7] Perchard's wife was from a prominent Guernsey family, her first cousin was the wealthy merchant Paul Le Mesurier, who had served as Lord Mayor of London from 1794.
[7] Perchard died only 10 weeks after the end of his Mayoralty, and was buried with his wife and four children in St Mary Abchurch, near Cannon Street in the City of London.
[7] A Mr. Urban, writing to The Gentleman's Magazine in 1832 with his recollections of Perchard, said of him that "...his exterior was handsome, and he had a commanding mien, though features repulsive and prominent and well turned"[1]