John Frederick Lillicrap (1866–1937) was the 29th Mayor of Invercargill from 1921 to 1923. He had been a Borough councillor from 1901 to 1906 and from 1909 to 1921.

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)

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 edit

  • 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.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
Political offices
Preceded by Mayor of Invercargill
1921–1923
Succeeded by