| Sir John Wright | |
| Birth Name: | John Roper Wright |
| Birth Date: | 12 March 1843 |
| Birth Place: | Croston, Chorley, Lancashire, England |
| Death Place: | Bath, Somerset, England |
| Occupation: | Steel industrialist |
Sir John Roper Wright, 1st Baronet, (12 March 1843 – 25 July 1926) was a British steel manufacturer.
Wright was born in Croston, near Chorley, Lancashire. He became a pupil at the Soho Engineering Works in Preston and then worked for Sir William Siemens. He established his own company, Wright, Butler & Co, at Gowerton, near Swansea, and founded a number of steel works. His company was later absorbed by Baldwins Ltd, of which he became a director. He became chairman in 1908, succeeding Alfred Baldwin, father of Stanley Baldwin, the future prime minister.
Wright was a prominent Liberal Unionist and unsuccessfully stood for Parliament in 1895 and 1910. He was created a Baronet in the 1920 New Year Honours.
Wright died in Bath, Somerset, in 1926.[1] He was succeeded in the baronetcy by his son, William Charles, upon whose death in 1950 the title became extinct.[2]