(born November 20, 1865) was a pioneer Nigerian shipper and produce exporter of Sierra Leone Creole and Egba heritage.
He was born on November 20, 1865, to the family of Reverend Samuel Pearse of the Church Missionary Society.
In 1888, he teamed up with Sierra Leonean businessman, I. Thompson and the two began trading in Lagos and London.
[1] He made extensive wealth trading in palm produce from the Old Calabar province as one of the pioneer Nigerian exporters of goods.
He acquired a large steamship prior to World War I, and succeeded in the lucrative shipping market dominated regionally by the Elder Dempster company.