urgical College, M. D., 1898; mar-
ried Amelia Duncalfe at Richmond,
Ky., 1900. Instructor in pathology
and bacteriology, Medico-Chi. Coll.,
1898-1906; physician to Bureau of
Health, Philadelphia, 1903-06; vis-
iting ear, nose and throat surgeon,
Philadelphia General Hospital, 1905-
06; assistant Medical Superintend-
ent Leper Settlement, 1906-07; U.
S. leprosy investigation station,
1907; director Leprosy Investiga-
tion Station, 1917-18; was among
first scientists to grow oi'ganism
that causes leprosy; first to culti-
vate germ that causes disease
known as "rat leprosy"; first to
conceive the curative value of
chaulmoogric fatty acids in lep-
rosy; the first to use it success-
fully in the treatment of Iepros5 r in
Hawaii; has written many articles
on leprosy, published by U. S. P.
H. Service. Past District Deputy
Grand Sire, I. O. O. F., for Ha-
waii; Past Grand, Harmony Lodge,
I. O. O. F. ; Past Chief Patriarch,
Polynesian Encampment, I. O. O.
F. ; Past Worthy Patron, Lei Aloha
Chapter, O. E. S.; member Aloha
Temple. 32nd degree Mason; hon-
orary member Sons and Daughters
of Hawaiian Warriors.
HOLMES, EVERETT N., mer-
chant. Hilo. Hawaii; born in Stowe,
Vt., Apr. 1859; son of Joseph and
Esther (Moody) Holmes; married
Mary McGowan, at Oakland, Calif.,
Sept. 12, 1894. Spent young man-
hood in Wisconsin, going to S.
Dakota in 1887; came to Hilo, en-
gaging in business in 1891, and has
remained in same work since that
year; founder of first independent
department store in the islands.
Was president Hilo Board of
Trade three years; is a Mason and
an Elk.
HOLSTEIN, HENRY LINCOLN,
lawyer, Kohala, Hawaii; born in
Honolulu, June 14, 1865; son of
Herman Augustus Frederick and
Nahina (Kehuni) Holstein: father
came from Denmark to Hawaii, 1850.
Education, English grammar school,
Wailuku, and Royal School, Hono-
lulu; admitted to bar, 1887, and has
since practised at Kohala, Hawaii;
for past 16 years has been cane
planter in addition to professional
work; elected to Hawaiian Senate,
1896-98; member House of Repre-
sentatives, 1905, 1907, 1909 , 1911,
1913, 1915, 1917, 1919, 1921, and
Speaker of the House since 1907;
chairman Republican Territorial
Conventions, 1902, 1904, 1910; Re-
publican National Committeeman,
1910-12; member Kamehameha
Lodge and Chiefs of Hawaii.
HOLT, HARRY H., businessman,
Wailuku, Maui; born in Honolulu
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DR. GEORGE HERBERT
E. N. HOLMES
JOHN A. HOGG
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Jan. 3, 1888; son of John D. and
Emma (Daniels) Holt; married An-
nie Meyer (deceased), at Honolulu,
Sept. 3, 1908; one child: Emma K.
Educated in Honolulu schools, leav-
ing high school in junior year.
Clerk and stenographer, U. S.
lighthouse inspector's office, Ho-
nolulu, 1905-07; reporter, circuit
court, 2nd jud. circuit Wailuku,
Maui, 1907-08; chief deputy U. S.
marshal, Honolulu, part of timie
marshal pro tern., 1908-14; cashier,
Schuman Carriage Co., Honolulu,
1915-18; salesman, Union Oil Co.,
San Francisco, 1918-19; mgr. Royal
Hawaiian Sales Co., Maui branch,
since 1919;. Member Hawaiian
Lodge No. 21, F. & A. M., reach-
ing office of senior warden; Shrin-
er, former recorder Aloha Temple.
HONS, FERDINAND HENRY,
businessman, Honolulu; born in
Bremerhaven, Germany, Nov. 28,
1879; son of George and Helene
(Siebe) Hons. Educated at high
school, Geestemuende, Germany,
1894; married Marie H. Chilling-
worth in Honolulu July 8, 1907; one
child, Ferdinand C. On graduating
from school served three years' ap-
prenticeship in Hamburg. Ger-
many; came to Hawaii in 1898, en-
tering the employ of Kahului Rail-
road Co. as station agent at Wai-
luku and successively as time-
keeper, asst. bookkeeper, bookkeep-
er, general freight and passenger
agent and manager of merchandise
dept. ; removed to Honolulu, 1909,
as manager of ship chandlery de-
partment of Inter-Island Steam
Nav. Co. Member Oahu Country
Club; Lodge Maui, A. F. & A. M*.,
No. 984; G. L. S., Aloha Temple; K.
of P., Aloha Lodge No. 3; B. P. O.
E., Lodge No. 616; on Board of
Governors, Commercial Club, was
secretary-treasurer and auditor three
years.
HOPE, HUGO KNUT, doctor of
optometry, Honolulu; born in Bos-
ton, Mass., Nov. 21, 1872; son of
Joseph and Victoria Augusta
(Akerhielm) Hope; married Queenie
Margaret Eyre, New York City,
Feb. 22, 1903; three children: Rob-
ert B., Queenie Victoria, Rose Van-
couver. Received grammar, high
school and college education, Bre-
men, Germany; entered Goettingen
Univ. for study of medicine; also
attended universities of Vienna,
Upsala (Sweden) and Copenhagen
(Denmark) ; special course in op-
tometry with R. M. Lockwood, New
York City; post graduate work,
California College of Optometry.
Has practiced in New York, Eng-
land, Scotland, Australia and Can-
ada and in Hawaii since 1914. Is
interested in manufacture of lenses
and frames and conducts shop in
connection with practise of profes-
sion. Vice-pres. and member of
board of examiners in optometry,
Terr. Hawaii. Member F. & A. M.,
Pyramid Lodge, New York City.
HOPKINS, MANLEY G. K., audi-
tor, Honolulu; born Halaula, N.
Kohala, Hawaii, Aug. 20, 1877; son
of Charles Louis and Abigail (Ai-
wohi) Hopkins; educated, St. Louis
College, Honolulu. Began as clerk
with Mutual Telephone Co 1892-
1896; port steward and pay master
Wilder S. S. Co., 1896-1905; chief
clerk to county treasurer, 1905-08;
deputy tax assessor and bookkeeper
for Honolulu Tax Office, 1909-17:
appointed auditor Territory of Ha-
waii, July 1, 1917; appointed April
30, 1913, a member of commission
to adjudicate claims for loss of
property destroyed by order of
board of health; appointed member
of Delinquent Tax Commission, Oct.
24, 1917, for counties of Hawaii,
Maui and Kauai. Member Chiefs
of Hawaii, Chapter No. 1 ; Hawaii
Chapter No. 1, Order of Kamehame-
ha; director St. Louis College Alum-
ni and treasurer building commit-
tee; member Columbus Welfare
Club; "National Council, B. S. A.
HOPPER, KENNETH CARL,
newspaper publisher, Lihue, Kauai;
born in Mendocino Co., Cal., April
22, 1880; son of John T. and Helen
(Griff itts) Hopper; married Ger-
trude Keeney at Guadalupe, Cal.,
July 2, 1900; three children; Thel-
ma, Kenneth, Glenn. Became mgr.
Los Alamos Central, weekly news-
paper, Santa Barbara Co., Cal.,
1899; founded Guadalupe Moon,
same county, and sold out in 1901;
came to Honolulu in 1901; with
mechanical dept. Hawaiian Gazette
Co., Ltd., 1901-09; moved to Kauai,
1910: soon afterward became secy,
and mgr. Garden Island Pub. Co.,
Ltd., later becoming managing ed-
itor The Garden Island. Is vice-
pres. Kauai Chamber of Commerce;
pres. Lihue Tennis Assn.; member
Kauai Council, Boy Scouts of
America ; county committee Kauai
Y. M. C. A.; Past Noble Grand,
Excelsior Lodge No. 1, I. O. O. F.,
Honolulu.
HORE, EDWARD, Waialua,
Oahu; born Gillingham, Eng., April
25, 1857; son of William Thomas
and Elizabeth (Kelly) Hore; mar-
ried Kualii. Mokumaia, Oct. 13,
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HENRY L. HOLSTEIN
HARRY H. HOLT
EDWARD HORE
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ALBERT HORNER
ALBERT HORNER. Jr.
WILLIAM F. HORNER
ROBERT HORNER
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BEN HOLLINGER
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1891, at Waialua; five children;
Abel Harry P., William Thomas
K., Elizabeth Sophie K., Victoria
Albertina K. and Edward, de-
ceased. Arrived Hawaii, June 1872,
with Bishop Willis; appointed
teacher at lolani College; in
charge of English Mission School,
Waialua, Oahu, 1875-78; recalled
to Honolulu, 1878, and appointed
vice-principal of lolani College;
severed connections with Angli-
can Mission, and appointed by
Honolulu Board of Education, prin-
cipal of Hauula English School,
April 16, 1881; transferred to
Kaneohe, August 17, 1883; to
Waianae, August 19, 1887; to Wa-
ialua, August 7, 1889; appointed
district magistrate, W T aialua, June
13, 1893; deputy tax assessor and
collector for Waialua, January,
1889. Was reappointed district
magistrate at Waialua, serving
there since June 13, 1893. Has
been licensed to practise law in the
district courts of the Territory of
Hawaii since 1903. Naturalized
an American citizen, 1903.
HORNER, ALBERT, agricultur-
ist, Honolulu; born in Alameda
County, Cal. Aug. 7, 1863; son of
John Mears and Elizabeth (Imlay)
Horner; common school education;
married Florence Winter in Ho-
nolulu, Jan. 20, 1891; three sons,
Albert, Willia.m Foster, John Mears.
Came to Hawaiian Islands with
parents 1879; engaged with father
in cultivation of sugar cane at
Spreckelsville, Maui, until 1882,
then started the Kukaiau Planta-
tion, district of Hamakua, Hawaii;
engaged in different capacities on
the plantation and as general
manager to 1911; one of the or-
ganizers, Hawaiian Canneries Co.,
Ltd., (organized 1913), and presi-
dent and general manager since or-
ganization; inventor of number of
agricultural implements for culti-
vation of sugar cane in general
use throughout the world, including
a wire rope transportation system
for transporting cane from fields
to mill, in use on several Hawaiian
plantations; elected to Hawaiian
legislature, sessions 1890 and 1892;
has held many public appointive
positions of trust during the mon-
archial, provisional and republican
governments; was chairman Ha-
waiian Loan Fund Commission, dis-
bursing $600,000 fund; commis-
sioned captain Officers Reserve
Corps, Quartermaster Section, U.
S. Army, June 1, 1917; appointed
Territorrial Sugar Expert as advis-
er to homesteaders for better land
14-
cultivation, July 1, 1919. Member
of Masonic order, B. P. O. Elks,
Pacific and Country clubs and Ho-
nolulu Chamber of Commerce.
HORNER, ALBERT, Jr., cannery
superintendent, Kapaa, Kauai;
born Oct. 28, 1891, at Kukaiau, Ha-
waii; son of Albert and Florence
(Winter) Horner; educated at St.
Matthews Military Academy and
Cornell University; was prominent
in music circles in Cornell, direc-
ting and composing; began in the
fruit canning business with Cal.
Canneries Co. during the season
following; supt. Hawaiian Canner-
ies Co., Ltd., and manager of Ha-
waiian Canneries Company, Ltd.,
cannery at Kapaa, Kauai, since
1914; served in U. S. army during
World War. Member of University
Club, Honolulu; Kauai Chamber of
Commerce; Chi Phi Fraternity,
Quill & Dagger. American Legion.
Is a keen hunter and musician.
HORNER, ROBERT, business
man, Honolulu; born at Ala-
meda, Calif.; son of John Mears
and Elizabeth (Imlay) Horner;
father was one of the early
pioneers to California during the
gold rush there and one of the first
agriculturists of that state, later
becoming prominent in the cultiva-
tion of sugar cane in Hawaii. Ed-
ucated privately and in the public
schools of California and Punahou .
School (Honolulu) ; married Amy
Adele Blacon of Alameda, Cal., in
1897. Began career in the cultiva-
tion of sugar cane with father, de-
veloping the extensive Horner
ranch interests on the Island of
Hawaii; became stockholder in
several of the largest and success-
ful sugar plantations in the Terri-
tory of Hawaii; removed to Hono-
lulu in 1912 and in 1914 was elected
a member of the Board of Super-
visors for the City and County of
Honolulu; during the term as su-
pervisor was chairman of Police
Committee, member of water and
sewer committee and the play-
grounds committee. Is treasurer,
Hawaiian Fruit Packers, Ltd., and
proprietor of Bethel Amusement
Hall. Member of the Commercial
Club, B. P. O. Elks, Honolulu. Is
an enthusiast on horse racing.
HORNER, WILLIAM FOSTER,
banker, Kealia, Kauai; born at
Kukaiau, Hawaii, Oct. 23, 1895; son
of Albert and Florence (Winter)
Horner; educated St. Matthews
Military Academy, 1913; Leland
Stanford University, A. B., 1917.
Entered first officers' training camp
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at Presidio, San Francisco, May,
1917; commissioned 2nd Lieut.,
Aug., 1917; assigned to Camp Lew-
is., Washington, Co. B. 347 M. G.
Bn., overseas service with 91st
Div., June, 1918, and made aide to
Gen. J. B. McDonald, Sept.. 1918;
promoted to 1st Lieut. Nov.. 1918,
and discharged June, 1919; joined
Bank of Hawaii, Ltd., Lihue
Branch, Kauai; later asst. cashier
and cashier Kapaa Branch, Bank
of Hawaii, 1920. Military record in-
cludes battles of Argonne, Sept. 25
to Oct. 4, 1918, and Lys-Schelt Oct.
29 to Nov. 11, 1918; member Kauai
Chamber of Commerce, American
Legion, Sigma Chi Fraternity.
HOUSTON, EDWIN CLARENCE.
industrial service. Pepeekeo, Ha-
waii; born Feb. 18, 1885, at But-
ler, Missouri; son of John and
Anna Houston; graduated from
the University of Oklahoma, in
chemistry, 1913, also receiving
teachers high-school life certifi-
cate; married Miss Jenkins of
Rochy, Okla., May 12, 1907; one
child, Iris. "Was a teacher of
chemistry and toxicology, later
manager and proprietor of a drug
store; engaged as lease man for
an oil company, stock broker and
traveling salesman; U.S. Army
over-sea service in Mesopotamia
and Persia, on the Persian line of
communication and later in Egypt
and Palistine; has traveled Japan,
China, Philippines, Straits Set-
tlements, Ceylon, India and Europe;
now in charge of industrial service
at Pepeekeo, Hawaii. Member of
Board of Examiners for Teachers
Certificates; member of Masonic
Lodge No. 31, India Consistory
No. 2, and India Temple of the
Mystic Shrine.
HOW ELL, HUGH, civil engineer,
Wailuku, Maui; born in Eugene,
Oregon, Sept. 10, 1867; son of John
G. Howell; married Sarah Aukai
Kapu at Nahiku, Maui, in 1897;
six children: Ethel (Mrs. Robt. W.
Campbell), Tom, Hugh, Helen,
William and Bruce. Educated in
Oakland grammar and high schools,
Univ. of Cal., B. S., civil and me-
chanical engineering, 1890. With
engineering dept., S. P. R. R., 1890-
94; civil eng., H. C. & S. Co., and
Wailuku Sug. Co., Maui, 1894-96;
eng. Terr. Pub. Works Dept., 1896-
03; county eng., Maui Co., 1903-11;
consulting civil eng. and general
contractor, 1911-21; member Maui
Loan Fund Commission, 1910; pri-
vate wharf and landing commission,
1909; member Lodge 616, B. P. O.
E., since 1902; Aloha Lodge, K. P..
since 1909; Past Master, Lodge
Maui, No. 472, F. & A. M.; ven-
erable master, lao Lodge of Perfec-
tion, Kahului, 1915; Honolulu Con-
sistory, A. A. S. R. ; Noble, Aloha
Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S. ; charter
member Maui Chamber of Com-
merce; University Club, Honolulu,
since 1908. Beta Theta Pi Fra-
ternity.
HUBER, SEBA CORMANY, law-
yer, Honolulu; born Jan. 29, 1871, at
Eshcol, Perry County, Pa.; son of
Benjamin Grove and Naomi Jane
(Cormany) Huber; married Cora A.
Birdsell June 29, 1905, at Tama,
Iowa; no children. Educated in
public schools, Lebanon Valley Col-
lege, Annville, Pa., B. S., 1892; prin-
cipal of Tama (Iowa) High School,
1892-93; superintendent of schools,
Tama, 1893-96; member law firm.
Willett & Huber, Tama, 1896-1900;
practiced alone, 1901-16; U. S. Dis-
trict Attorney, Honolulu, since 1916.
Was Mayor of Tama (Iowa) four
years; prosecuting attorney, Tama
County, six years. Is past Chan-
cellor Commander K. of P.; Past
Worshipful Master, A. F. & A. M.;
member I. O. O. F.
HUDDY, WILLIAM, dist magis-
trate, Hanalei, Kauai; born Hono-
lulu, March 17, 1855; son of Wil-
liam Huddy; married Elizabeth
Kahele. May 22, 1875, at Moloaa,
Kauai; ten children: George,
Lydia, James, Herman, Mary Ann.
Sarah, Josephine, Ezra, Violet,
Alexandra. Grammar school edu-
cation. Butcher, cowboy, 1874-1911;
commissioner of private ways and
water rights, July 5, 1888; pound
master, Kilauea, Kauai; road super-
visor, Hanalei dist., 1909-11; dist.
magistrate, since Jan. 1911. Mem-
ber Kamualii Chap. No. 3, Order
of Kamehameha.
HUGHES, JOHN ALOYSIUS,
master car builder, Honolulu; born
in Ireland, Oct. 25, 1860; son of
William (Cal. pioneer) and Ann
(Collins) Hughes. Educated in
common school and was taught nav-
igation by J. P. Holland, inventor
of the submarine, who then was a
Christian Brother; married Katie
Matthews, April.. 1888, in San Fran-
cisco; four children, Wm. Charles.
John Gerald, Irene Kathleen and
Jerome O'Neill. Started work in
1873 as apprentice to boat and ship
building; made first voyoge to sea
in 1879, Liverpool to Burmah; made
subsequent voyages as carpenter,
first, second and third officer on
steam and sailing ships to East
Indies, Australia, North and South
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GEORGE R. HUMPHREY
WILLIAM H. HUTTON
WILLIAM HUDDY
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America; arrived in San Francisco
in 1885; quit the sea and secured
position with San Francisco Bridge
Co., then the largest railroad con-
tractors on Pacific Coast; later was
one of their foreman, building
wharves, bridges, cars and steam
shovels; engaged by Mr. Benjamin
F. Dillingham for the Oahu Rail-
way in August, 1889; has built and
designed cars for the Oahu and
Hilo railroads since. Member of
Territorial Legislature in 1907;
served in Citizens' Guard during
revolution. Trustee Palama Set-
tlement. Member Commercial and
Ad Clubs, Young Men's Institute
(Catholic society, of which he is
one of organizers), Elks, and Chiefs
of Hawaii.
HUMPHREY, GEORGE R., busi-
ness man, Honolulu; born March 3,
1884, at Middleburgh, N. Y. ; son of
Vivian Arlington and Clara Belle
(Stahl) Humphrey. Educated in
the grammar and high schools of
San Francisco, Cal.; married Reta
Wallace Cousens in Honolulu June
30, 1913; children: George Ross-
man, Jr., Richard Wilmot. Began
business career as junior clerk
(1899) with the Hartford Fire Ins.
Co., San Francisco, Cal., remain-
ing with the firm until the San
Francisco fire, 1906; assisted ad-
justers on the fire losses 18
months; special agent of London
Assurance Corp., San Francisco and
vicinity, eight months; special
agent covering additional territory,
Northern Assurance Co.; engaged
by The von Hamm-Young Co., Ho-
nolulu, to organize an underwrit-
ing department Oct., 1908; mana-
ger of the Hilo branch of The von
Hamm-Young Co., Ltd., 1917; man-
ager of American -Hawaiian Motors
Co., Ltd., Honolulu, since January.
1918. Was a volunteer in the cit-
izens' guard at the time of the San
Francisco fire. His grandfather
was Judge Philip Couchman Hum-
phrey of New York and veteran of
the Civil War.
HUSTACE, FRANK, retired, Ho-
nolulu; born Aug. 25, 1862, at Maka-
wao, Maui, Hawaii; son of Charles
and Louise Frances (Bolles) Hus-
tace; married Mellie Elizabeth
Ward in Honolulu Sept. 29, 1886;
five children: Frank Ward, Thomas
Foster, Curtis Ward, Chas. Henry,
Harold Perry. Educated in Hono-
lulu; began business career in 1877
in employ of Dickson Photo Gal-
lery, Honolulu; associated with C.
P. Ward in draying business 1879;
following death of Mr. Ward, 1883,
continued under various names un-
til 1916, retired. Member Hono-
lulu Stock Exchange, 1900-03;
chief engineer Honolulu Fire De-
partment, inaugurated paid depart-
ment 1893 at overthrow of mon-
archy. Member 1st Co. sharp-
shooters in 1895; member Mystic
Lodge K. of P.; Society of May-
flower Descendants, State of New
York.
HUTCHINSON, ROBERT A.,
sugar pltn. mgr., Papaaloa, Hawaii;
born in Edinburgh, Scotland, Sept.
13, 1872; son of James and Marga-
ret (Steuart) Hutchinson; edu-
cated at Royal high school, Edin-
burgh, N. B. ; married Jean Clapp-
erton in Honolulu October 17, 1910.
Entered business in Scotland. 1890-
94; came to Hawaii, 1894; mgr.
Laupahoehoe Sugar Co. Member
Kilauea Lodge No. 330, F. & A. M.
HUTTON, WILLIAM H., com-
missioner, B. S. A., Wailuku, Maui,
T. H. ; born in San Francisco,
Calif., Feb. 11, 1872; son of
James Henry and Caroline A.
(Marshall) Hutton; educated in
grammar schools of San Francisco,
Alameda and Oakland; one child,
Verna May, adopted. Worked as
draftsman, San Francisco and
Oakland, 1887-1891; secy. Boys'
\Vork, Y. M. C. A.. Oakland, Stock-
ton and Eureka, Calif., 1891-97, and
San Francisco, 1898-1912, in insti-
tutional church work, Columbia
Park Boys Club, supt. public play-
grounds, South Park Boys Club,
and Juvenile Court Officer and
Probation and Parole Officer, Su-
perior Court. Came to Hawaii,
1912, and employed by city detec-
tive office three years; liquor in-
spector, two years ; executive, B.
S. A., Honolulu Council, 1918-20;
commissioner, Maui Council, B. S.
A.. since Nov., 1920. Member
Loyal Order Moose, Ad Club, Ro-
tary Club, Trail and Mountain
Club.
HUYLER, PETER EDWIN,
clergyman, Hilo, Hawaii; born in
Demarest, N. J., April 21, 1876; son
of Peter E. and Leah E. (Bogert)
Huyler; married Helen Stewart at
Auburn, N. Y., June 21, 1911; two
children: Mary Elizabeth (died
1915) and Margaret. Graduated at
New York University, 1898; Au-
burn Theological Seminary, 1901;
for past 20 years has been in charge
of various churches in Kansas,
New York and Hawaii. Member Psi
Upsilon Fraternity.
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IAUKEA, CURTIS PIEHU, Sec-
retary of Hawaii and managing
trustee and treasurer Liliuokalani
Trust, Honolulu; born Dec. 13,
1855 at Waimea, Hawaii; son of J.
W. and Lahapa (Nalanipo) laukea;
married Charlotte Kahaloipua
Hanks in Honolulu 1877; two chil-
dren, Frederick Hanks Nalaniahi,
Lorna Kahilipuaokalani (Mrs. Ed-
ward B. Watson of East Milton,
Mass). Educated at lolani College
(Honolulu). Was reared by uncle,
attendant of King Kamehameha IV,
was protege of king, also of Kameh-
hameha V and King Kalakaua, at-
tached to royal household of king-
dom until overthrow of monarchy
in 1893; chief secretary of Foreign
Affairs 1880 ; special envoy to Coro-
nation of Czar of Russia 1883; visit-
ed courts of Europe as Envoy Ex-
traordinary and Minister Plenipo-
tentiary, thence to India and Japan;
in latter country made labor agree-
ment with Kingdom of Hawaii;
Collector General of Customs 1SS4;
Chamberlain and Crown Land
Agent and Commissioner, 1886; in
charge royal party to Queen Vic-
toria's jubilee 1887; to London with
Embassy from Republic of Hawaii
to Diamond Jubilee Queen Victoria
1897; accompanied President and
Mrs. Dole to Washington as secre-
tary and attache 1898; elected tax-
assessor for County of Oahu 1904;
elected County Sheriff 1906; elected
Territorial Senator 1912; appointed
secretary Territory of Hawaii 1917.
Decorations: Grand Cross an 1 Cor-
don of St. Stanislaus (conferred by
Emperor of Rusisa 1883), Otncer of
French Legion of Honor (conferred
by President Grevy), Grand Offi-
cer's Cross of the Crown of Italy.
Grand Cross and Ribbon Order of
Takovo (Servia), Jubilee Medal of
Queen Victoria (1887 and 1897),
Grand Officer of Rising Sun of Ja-
pan, Grand Hier Order of St Boli-
var, Venezuela, Knight Commander
of Swedish Order of St. Olaf, nearly
all of Hawaiian orders and decora-
tions instituted in Hawaii by King
Kalakaua. Member Chamber of
Commerce of Honolulu, Pacific
Club, Oahu Country Club and Ho-
nolulu Golf Club.
IRWIN, FRED, physician and
sm-geon, Olaa, Hawaii; born in
Shelbourne, Nova Scotia, Nov. 28,
1875; son of Robert G. and Isabel
Irwin; education, McGill Univer-
sity, Montreal, Canada, M. D., 1902;
married Florence MacKenzie, at
Hilo, Hawaii, Nov. 7, 1906. Plan-
tation physician and surgeon, Olaa
Sugar Co., since 1906.
IRWIN, HARRY, lawyer, Hono-
lulu; born at Shelburne, Shel-
burne County, Nova Scotia, Dec.
21, 1874; son of Robert Gore and
Isabelle (Archer) Irwin; married
Ruth Guard of Hilo, Hawaii, Aug.
19, 1907; two children: Ruth Guard
and Frederick Gore. Educated in
grammar, high and normal schools
of Nova Scotia, Boston University
Law School and Dalhousie Univer-
sity, Halifax, N. S., LL.B., 1898. Ad-
mitted to the bar in Hawaii, July
1904; practiced in Hilo as Andrews
& Irwin, later annulling the part-
nership but continuing practice
alone until June. 1916; removed to
Honolulu to form partnership with
late Judge Humphreys, 1916; ap-
pointed First District Magistrate,
Honolulu. 1917-1918; appointed
Deputy Attorney General of Ha-
waii, June, 1918; appointed Attor-
ney General. Sept. 1918; appointed
chairman of the Farm Loan Board
of Hawaii, July, 1919; appointed
member of the Commission to pro-
mote uniformity of legislation in
the United States, April, 1920;
member of Legislative Committee
of Hawaii which went to Washing-