John Piper (military officer)

John Piper
Captain John Piper, c.1826, oil painting by Augustus Earle
Born(1773-04-20)20 April 1773
Maybole, Ayrshire Scotland
Died8 June 1851(1851-06-08) (aged 78)
near Bathurst, New South Wales
AllegianceUnited Kingdom/Australia
Service / branchNew South Wales Corps
Years of serviceApril 1791 (1791-04) – 1811 (20 years)
RankCaptain
Commands
Spouse(s)Mary Ann Shears
Children14
Other work

John Piper (20 April 1773 – 8 June 1851) was a military officer, public servant and landowner in the colony of New South Wales. The Sydney suburb of Point Piper was named in his honour.

Point Piper House (Henrietta Villa), 1840s
Vaucluse House, one of Piper's properties in Sydney