Twelve years later he was made a partner in the firm, and on the death of Sir Edward Harland in 1895 he became its chairman, a position he was to hold until his death.
Спустя двенадцать лет Пирри стал партнёром в «Харленд энд Вулф», а после смерти Эдварда Харланда в 1895 году председателем верфи.