Sir Percy John Pybus, 1st Baronet, (25 January 1880 – 23 October 1935) was a British Liberal Party politician.
Business career
Having completed an engineering apprenticeship John Pybus joined electrical engineers Phoenix Dynamo Manufacturing Company when aged 26. During World War I he was appointed managing director. Phoenix became a major constituent of the amalgamation of businesses named English Electric in 1918 and Pybus became a joint managing director with two others. He was appointed managing director of English Electric in March 1921 and chairman in April 1926. He was a member of many boards of directors including The Times newspaper and chairman of others including Phoenix Assurance.
In October 1928 he was selected as Liberal candidate for the Harwich Division. He remained a director of English Electric.
Parliament
Pybus was first elected at the May 1929 general election, as the Liberal Member of Parliament for Harwich in Essex.