User:KAVEBEAR/Henry Sebastien Swinton

Henry Sebastien Swinton (June 1, 1802 – July 26, 1883) was a Scottish settler in the Kingdom of Hawaii. Arriving in 1832, he served successive Hawaiian kings as Sheriff of Maui, Sheriff of Oahu and as a governmental clerk of waterworks.

In an 1844 issue of The Polynesian, Swinton was listed as the Prefect of Police and Superintendant of Public Houses in Lahaina.

He died on July 26, 1883.

Swinton was buried next to his wife Napae at the Honolulu Catholic Cemetery.

Marriage and descendants
Swinton obituary in the Evening Bulletin noted, "He was married four times and leaves a widow, 4 children, and 7 grandchildren surviving. One son went to China in years back but has not been heard of for a long while."

Married Malia Kahilo on October 8, 1864
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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.

They had many children including Henry "Harry" Stuart Swinton (1841–1916), who became a whaler and ship captain. He is credited with composing the Hawaiian whaler song Latitū. He also served as manager of the Lunalilo Home and was a founding member of the Hui Aloha ʻĀina (Hawaiian Patriotic League), which actively opposed the overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawaii in 1893.

His three daughters Jane Swinton, Martha Swinton and Harriet Swinton became notable court ladies during the reigns of King Kamehameha IV and Kamehameha V. Jane and Martha attended the Royal School under Rev. Edward Griffin Beckwith and were classmates to Princess Victoria Kamāmalu, the future Queen Liliuokalani, Nancy Sumner and other members of the Hawaiian nobility.


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