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5 unusual facts about Elisha Hunt Allen


Elisha Hunt

Elisha Hunt Allen (1804–1883), American lawyer, diplomat, and Hawaiian justice

Elisha Hunt Allen

However, when King Kamehameha IV (who was considered pro-British) came to the throne in 1855, the annexation idea was put on hold.

Within weeks he was appointed Minister of Finance for King Kamehameha III replacing Gerrit P. Judd, and from 1854 to 1856 served in the House of Nobles.

During Kamehameha IV and Queen Emma's wedding in 1856, he offered his own wedding band to the king to allow the ceremony to continue.

The Allen's first-born son Frederick Hobbs (Hobbes) Allen was born ten days after Prince Albert Edward Kauikeaouli Kaleiopapa, and the two children became playmates.



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