| The Honourable Archibald Scott Cleghorn |
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| Governor of Oahu | |
| In office November 11, 1891 – February 28, 1893 |
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| Monarch | Liliuokalani |
| Preceded by | John Owen Dominis |
| Succeeded by | Office abolished |
| Personal details | |
| Born | November 15, 1835 Edinburgh, Scotland |
| Died | November 1, 1910 (aged 74) Honolulu, State of Hawaii |
| Resting place | Royal Mausoleum of Hawaii |
| Nationality | Kingdom of Hawaii |
| Spouse(s) | Elizabeth Lapeka Pauahi Princess Miriam K. Likelike |
| Children | Rose, Helen, and Annie Princess Victoria Kaʻiulani |
| Residence | ʻĀinahau |
| Occupation | Businessman, Politician |
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Archibald Scott Cleghorn (November, 15, 1835 – November 1, 1910) was a Scottish businessman who married into the royal family of the Kingdom of Hawaii.
He was born on November, 15, 1835 in Scotland, to Thomas Cleghorn in Edinburgh, Scotland. In 1851, at the age of 16, Cleghorn traveled with his parents to Honolulu, where his father established a dry goods store. His father died within the year, and his mother left for New Zealand, but Archibald remained in Hawaii and continued running the store. His business prospered and he expanded to other islands.[1] With a Hawaiian woman, Elizabeth Pauahi Lapeka, Cleghorn had three daughters: Rose Kaipuala, who married James William Robertson; Helen Maniʻiailehua, who married James Harbottle Boyd; and Annie Pauai, who married James Hay Wodehouse.[2][3] Cleghorn and Lapeka later separated.[4]
Cleghorn became a citizen of the Kingdom of Hawaii in 1870.[5] He married Princess Miriam K. Likelike, sister of Prince David Kalākaua, on September 21, 1870. In 1874 Kalākaua became King, and Cleghorn's daughter Princess Victoria Kaiʻulani was the heir to the throne of the House of Kalākaua. In 1877, Cleghorn and Princess Likelike arranged to donate the land surrounding the monument to Captain James Cook on Kealakekua Bay marking the site of his death, in trust to the government of the United Kingdom.[6]
Cleghorn served in the House of Nobles from 1873 to 1888, and the Privy Council from 1873 to 1891. He acted as the Royal Governor of Oʻahu in July 1887, and was appointed to succeed Prince Consort John Owen Dominis upon his death in November 1891, until February 28, 1893. He was the president of the Kapiʻolani Park Association since 1888, and first parks commissioner for the City & County of Honolulu in 1900. He served as a trustee of The Queen's Medical Center from 1905 to 1909.[7] He died of a heart attack on November 1, 1910 at the 'Āinahau royal estate. He was buried in the Kalākaua Crypt of the Royal Mausoleum of Hawaii.
His downtown Honolulu estate became the home of the The Pacific Club in 1926.[8]
| Preceded by John Owen Dominis |
Royal Governor of Oʻahu 1891 - 1893 |
Succeeded by Joseph J. Fern (Mayor) |
