Robert Crichton Wyllie

Born in Hazelbank, Ayrshire, Scotland; was ship’s doctor at sea before becoming merchant in South America and Mexico; left successful London business for Hawai‘i in 1843 in company with friend William Miller, who had been appointed British consul general in Honolulu; became Hawaiian Islands minister of foreign affairs in 1845, a position he held at time of death. (See Day, History Makers of Hawaii, 132; Kuykendall, Hawaiian Kingdom, 1:453, 2:310, 3:764; Joesting, Kauai, 299; King, Diaries of David Lawrence Gregg, 605; GQC journal, Dec. 21, 1850; Jan. 4, Oct. 1, 11, 1851; May 17, 1853.)