HERRICK, JASPER LUCAS (1833-90) was born in County Cork, Ireland, and entered the army as an ensign in the 67th Regiment of Foot (1852). Two years later he retired and came to New Zealand in the John Scott, arriving in Auckland on 5 Mar 1859. He took up land in Hawke's Bay in partnership with J. N. Williams, and lived at Kereru, where he was postmaster (1865-69). In 1863 he was commissioned as a captain in the Napier militia, and he served under Whitmore on the East and West Coast. In the engagement at Ruakituri he was in command of the Napier volunteers. At Poutu in 1869 he had command of No. 2 company Armed Constabulary. He was in charge of the expedition at Waikaremoana, which was countermanded when he had the boats ready to carry the force across the lake. He then resigned and returned to Napier, where he married in 1870 Emily M., daughter of Richard Duncan, of Forest Gate, Essex.

Herrick represented Hampden in the Hawke's Bay Provincial Council (1875-76) and served on many local bodies. He was accidentally killed at Oparae in 1890.

Family information; War Office records; Lambert; Cowan; Whitmore; Napier Daily Telegraph, 16 Oct 1925.

Reference: Volume 1, page 208

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