MALLOCK, JOHN WILLOUGHBY, was born in London. He studied medicine without fully qualifying, but often gave advice to remote settlers. He arrived in Canterbury by whale boat before the first fleet, and took up the Heathstock run, erecting a whare. The Lances afterwards became partners, and Mallock moved to Horsley Downs. It was due to him that the partnership survived the slump of 1868-71. On one occasion he rode a match against William Hyde Harris from Horsley Downs into Christchurch, taking both horses as the stake. In 1871 Mallock acclimatised the Australian magpie. He represented Waipara in the Provincial Council 1866-75, and was a member of the first Waipara road board. His death occurred in 1879.

Canterbury P.C. Proc.; Acland; The Press, 4 Feb 1903, 14 Aug 1930.

Reference: Volume 2, page 27

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