CYCLOPEDIA OF NZ 1897
Wellington Province
OTAKI:
EAGAR, Henry Francis
Page 1091-1092
Mr. Henry Francis Eagar
Mr. Henry Francis Eagar, Clerk of the Otaki and Te Horo Road Boards. Mr. Eagar, who is a son of the late Mr. Richard Eagar,
was born in Sydney, New South Wales, in 1837, and was educated at Bradley's School, Parramatta, after which he entered into a
clerkship with Messrs. Baumes and Keele, with whom he remained for nearly four years. Coming to New Zealand in 1842, he stayed
a short time in Wellington, when he returned to Sydney and back again to Wellington in 1854. Mr. Eagar was storekeeping from 1854 to
1862. He then tried his luck on the Oamaru diggings, and was fairly successful. He may well be considered the veritable "Pooh-bah" of
Otaki, holding the clerkships of the Otaki Road Board [for the last ten years] and the Te Horo Road Board, the secretaryship of the
Otaki Maori Racing Club, and of the Otaki Library, as well as t he agency for several companies, including the Northern Insurance
Company. He was previously secretary to the I.O.O.F. for seven years, and now holds the office of V.G.
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