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Henry Stuart Swinton (also known as Harry Swinton, June 1, 1841 – December 19, 1916) was a Hawaiian whaler, ship captain, and politician of Native Hawaiian and Scottish descent. He wrote the Hawaiian love song Latitū.
He was born on June 1, 1841, to Henry Sebastien Swinton and his Hawaiian wife Napae. His father was a native of Edinburgh, Scotland and had settled in Hawaii in 1832, serving in a number of governmental positions for the Hawaiian monarchy including Sheriff of Maui and Sheriff of Oahu. His mother was a descendant of a kahuna (priestly) family. Swinton was thus of mixed Native Hawaiian and Caucasian descent, known as hapa haole in Hawaiian.[1][2][3]
Henry "Harry" Stuart Swinton (1841–1916), who became a whaler and ship captain. He is credited with composing the Hawaiian whaler song Latitū.[1] He also served as manager of the Lunalilo Home
He became a founding member of the Hui Aloha ʻĀina (Hawaiian Patriotic League), which actively opposed the overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawaii in 1893.[4]
Swinton died at the Queen’s Hospital in Honolulu, on December 19, 1916, at the age of 75.[2]
Marriage and descendants[edit]
Married Malia Kahilo on October 8, 1864
One of his marriage was to Napae, a Hawaiian women of the kahuna (priestly) class. She died on April 21, 1870, at the age of 47.[5]
His three sisters Jane Swinton, Martha Swinton and Harriet Swinton became notable court ladies during the reigns of King Kamehameha IV and Kamehameha V.[3]
References[edit]
- ^ a b Carr 2014, pp. 89–91.
- ^ a b "Obituary". The Daily Bulletin. Honolulu. July 30, 1883. p. 2. Cite error: The named reference "Death" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
- ^ a b Taylor, Albert Pierce (June 12, 1910). "Court Beauties of Fifty Years Ago". The Pacific Commercial Advertiser. Vol. VII, no. 388. Honolulu. p. 13. Archived from the original on January 9, 2017. Retrieved September 26, 2016.
- ^ Blount 1895, p. 448; "Representative Committee of Delegates of the Hawaiian People to present a memorial to Hon. James H. Blount, praying for the restoration of the monarchy under Queen Liliuokalani". Library of Congress. c. 1970. Retrieved December 19, 2016.
- ^ "Died". The Friend. Vol. 27, no. 4. Honolulu: Samuel C. Damon. April 1, 1870. p. 32.
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Bibliography[edit]
- Blount, James Henderson (1895). The Executive Documents of the House of Representatives for the Second Session of the Fifty-Third Congress, 1893–'94 in Thirty-One Volumes. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office. OCLC 191710879.
- Carr, James Revell (2014). Hawaiian Music in Motion: Mariners, Missionaries, and Minstrels. Urbana: University of Illinois Press. ISBN 978-0-252-09652-5. OCLC 1004351438.