AUBREY, HARCOURT RICHARD (1818-96) was the son of Colonel H. Aubrey, of the Life Guards. As a young man he travelled widely in Europe, and in 1840 he came to New Zealand in the London as a survey assistant. He was attached to the party under Carrington which chose the site for the New Plymouth settlement (1841). In 1848 he was appointed sub-collector of customs at Hokianga, and in 1856 magistrate and collector at Whangarei and Kaipara. Retiring in 1880, he died on 30 May 1896. Aubrey wrote some interesting diaries of survey work. (See R. THOMPSON.)

Civil service records; Seffern; Auckland Star, 1 Jun 1896.

Reference: Volume 1, page 29

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