Descendant of King Liloa Passes Away - H.E. Col. Robert Hoapili Baker
Death of Robert Hoapili Baker, a Warm Friend of the Late Kalakaua.
"HONOLULU, April 10, 1900— Robert Hoapill Kekaipukaala Baker of the royal family of Liloa of Hawaii died on the 4th Inst. and was buried yesterday.'
Robert Hoapill Baker, or, as he was best known in his lifetime, Hoapili Baker, was a descendant in the sixth degree of Liloa, King of Hawaii. His great grandfather was Napuupahoehoe, high chief of Maui, at about the time of the discovery of the Islands by Captain Cook. His father was Kekeleeiku (Ike'keleaiku) of Maui (originally of Kaua'i), and Hoapili was born at Waikapu, Maui, in IMS. He was educated at Lahainaluna.
Early in life he developed strong military tastes and he was for many years an officer in the household troops, for a time a captain and later a colonel. He was a warm personal friend of King Kalakaua, and the King made him Governor of Maui, a position he held for many years. In the later years of his life he was not actively engaged in business. He owned considerable property and lived a retired life of leisure. Hoapili Baker accompanied Kalakaua to San Francisco in 1890, and was with him when he died, accompanying the remains back to Honolulu."