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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Auckland Provincial District]

Mr. James Reid Hendry

Mr. James Reid Hendry, Clerk to Mr. R. Wyles, District Agent of the Northern Steamship Company and United States Consular Agent, Mongonui, was born in Perth, Scotland, in May, 1837, and arrived in Auckland as an Albertland settler by the ship “Hanover” in 1862. He served with the Mauku Forest Rangers through the Waikato war of 1863–4, and received the New Zealand medal. He took an active interest in volunteer matters at Thames, Onehunga, and Otahuhu. Mr. Hendry is a Mason of long standing and an office-bearer in the Provincial Grand Lodge, S.C. He has been connected with various friendly societies, is a past master of the Orange Institution and a Forester. For many years he was connected with the sawmilling and timber industries. Mr. Hendry is married to a daughter of the late Mr. T. J. Blakey, J.P., ex-mayor of Onehunga, and has a son and daughter.