John (Keoni Ana) Young

Half-brother of James Young Kanehoa; born in Kawaihae, Hawai‘i; his father was a British sailor captured by the Hawaiians in 1790 before becoming an adviser to Kamehameha I regarding haole ways; served as Hawai‘i’s first minister of the interior (kuhina-nui), 1845–1855; served as chamberlain of king’s household and supreme court justice. (See Day, History Makers of Hawaii, 133; Kuykendall, Hawaiian Kingdom, 1:453, 2:310; King, Diaries of David Lawrence Gregg, 605; GQC journal, Dec. 21, 1850; Jan. 18, Oct. 4, 1851.)