John Lillicrap

John Frederick Lillicrap (1866–1937) was the 29th Mayor of Invercargill from 1921 to 1923. He had been a Borough councillor from 1901–06 and from 1909–21.

John Frederick Lillicrap
John Lillicrap
Mayor of Invercargill
In office
1921–1923
Preceded byJohn Stead
Succeeded byAndrew Bain
Personal details
Born(1866-07-01)1 July 1866
Wellington, New Zealand
Died16 November 1937(1937-11-16) (aged 71)
NationalityNew Zealand

He was born in Wellington in 1866, and moved to Invercargill as a child. His father Captain Vernon Lillicrap was in charge of the Immigration Barracks.

He was a lawyer, and also practised from 1929 to 1936 in Palmerston North. He married Catherine Anne Wilson in 1899; they had one son and one daughter.

References

  • Obituary "Long civic record" in Southland Times, 17 November 1937
  • Obituary in Evening Post, 18 November 1937 Obituary
  • Cyclopaedia of New Zealand (1905); reference to Councillors Longuet and Lillicrap
  • Scholefield, Guy (1924) [1908]. Who’s Who in New Zealand and the Western Pacific. Masterton. p. 132.
Political offices
Preceded by
John Stead
Mayor of Invercargill
19211923
Succeeded by
Andrew Bain


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