Richard Cock
Date of birth / Date established
15 Oct 1851
Date of death / Date closed
30 May 1936
Person/Corporate type
Individual
Biography
Mayor of New Plymouth 1903-1906, Richard Cock was also an active business figure in Taranaki who served on numerous local government and commercial boards . In his younger years he joined the 43rd Regiment in 1864 and he was also a colour sergeant on the march on Parihaka in 1881.