Template:Did you know nominations/Hiram Kahanawai
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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 11:19, 26 February 2017 (UTC)
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Hiram Kahanawai[edit]
- ... that Hiram Kahanawai left his position as steward to Queen Emma to became commander of the Household Troops for her political rival King Kalākaua?
Source:
- Hiram Kahanawai (d. 1874) was a relative of Queen Emma by ajunior line of descent; also a relative of David Kalakaua. Hiram had been chief steward in the royal house hold under Kamehameha IV and continued to serve Emma in that capacity during her widowhood. In 1874, after the election o f Kalakaua to the throne, Hiram married Kapo'oloku, a younger sister of Mrs. David Kalakaua (Queen Kapi'olani), and received official appointment under the new dynasty" (Kaeo & Queen Emma 1976, p. 15)
- Captain Hiram Kahanawai, commander of the Household Troops, died very suddenly last night, supposed of aneurism. [1]
- Reviewed: Not on Drugs
- Comments: He was basically a butler and maybe there could be a more quirky hook written around that.--KAVEBEAR (talk) 22:19, 16 February 2017 (UTC)
5x expanded by KAVEBEAR (talk). Self-nominated at 05:41, 16 February 2017 (UTC).
It's a bit weird that the citations for different facts are all merged into one note (for instance, Kaeo & Queen Emma do not apparently say that Kahanawai served in the Household Troops, though they verify the rest of the hook; the tidbit is however verified by the outer source[s]). No big impediment, however: article is new, well cited, well written, long enough, with no plagiarism issues whatsoever; hook is interesting and (well, yes) verified; QPQ done, no images used. Dahn (talk) 10:17, 18 February 2017 (UTC)
