J. Frederick "Peter" Perry (1873-1935) was a British colonial employee best known for his work as a member of Milner's Kindergarten in South Africa, immediately after the end of the Second Boer War.
In July 1901, Perry became Assistant Imperial Secretary with responsibility over all native (indigenous) territories in South Africa, including the newly acquired areas of the Orange River Colony and Transvaal.
To bring South Africa back on its feet in the wake of war, he negotiated with the Portuguese in Mozambique to acquire native (African) labour for the mines.
[2][3] After the Transvaal passed an ordinance permitting temporary foreign workers on February 10, 1904, Peter Perry travelled to China to advertise and recruit Chinese laborers, to be hired on three year contracts, to work in the South African gold mines.
In 1912 Peter Perry left South Africa for Canada, and along with fellow Kindergartener Robert Brand, took up an Investment Banking career at the London-based financial firm of Lazard Brothers,[6] where he stayed until retirement.