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Statewide County HI Archives Biographies.....Swanzy, Francis Mills February 4, 1850 - February 26, 1917
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Source: The Story of Hawaii and Its Builders. Published by The Honolulu Star Bulletin, Territory of Hawaii 1925
Author: Edited by George F. Nellist

FRANCIS MILLS SWANZY, Industrial Builder. A leader in the great sugar industry 
of Hawaii and one of the outstanding men in the development of various 
mercantile industries was the late Francis Mills Swanzy, for years managing 
director of Theo H. Davies & Co., and president of many of the largest 
corporations in the islands.
  Mr. Swanzy was known for his executive ability, and from the time of his 
entry into Honolulu business life he made his zeal and efficiency tell in 
every project to which he turned his attention. Keen business judgment and 
foresight were his and through the force of his own personal contact he was 
enabled always to bring success to the big undertakings in which he was 
engaged.
  Francis M. Swanzy came to Honolulu in 1880, when he was 30 years old, full 
of youthful enthusiasm for the work to be accomplished in his adopted home and 
well trained in business lines through his previous connection with several of 
the leading firms of Manchester and Liverpool, England.
  He was a native of Dublin, Ireland, born there on Feb. 4, 1850, the son of 
John Swanzy and Margaret Francis (Mills) Swanzy. He was educated at Portora 
School in Enniskillen and at Science College, Dublin.
  Immediately upon his arrival in Hawaii, he entered the employ of Theo H. 
Davies & Co., and very early in his career was interested in the Honolulu Iron 
Works. His rise to a high position in both firms was rapid and his other 
commercial and industrial interests grew apace. Tireless in his professional 
zeal, he was always able to take on additional business burdens and carry them 
to success.
  Just ten years after his arrival here he became a partner in Theo H. Davies 
& Co., and when the firm was incorporated in 1894 he was named a director. At 
the time of the death of Theo H. Davies in 1898 Mr. Swanzy succeeded to the 
managing directorship, a position he held until his death, Feb. 26, 1917.
  He was elected president of the Honolulu Iron Works Co. in 1904, and in the 
next dozen years assumed the presidency of the Waiakea Mill Co., Sugar Factors 
Co., Laupahoehoe Sugar Co., Kaiwiki Sugar Co., Ltd., Kukaiau Plantation Co., 
Ltd., Hamakua Mill Co., Kaeleku Sugar Co., Ltd., Pappaloa Agricultural Co., 
Ltd., Paauilo Agricultural Co., Ltd., Pearl City Fruit Co., Ltd., and Waianae 
Lime Co.
  He was president of the Hawaiian Sugar Planters’ Association for two terms, 
and for many years was an officer and trustee of that organization and of the 
Honolulu Chamber of Commerce. In addition, Mr. Swanzy found time for social 
affiliations, and served as president of the Pacific Club and other men’s 
groups.
  In 1887 he married Miss Julie Judd, daughter of the late Colonel Charles 
Hastings Judd, former chamberlain to King Kalakaua. In 1917, their elder 
daughter, Nora Hastings, married Mr. George Young Bennett, assistant manager 
of the Hilo Sugar Co., and in 1918, Rosamond Swanzy married Mr. James Placidus 
Morgan, of Theo H. Davies & Co., Ltd.


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