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Statewide County HI Archives Biographies.....Judd, Charles Hastings September 8, 1835 - April 18, 1890
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Source: The Story of Hawaii and Its Builders. Published by Honolulu Star Bulletin, Ltd., Territory of Hawaii, 1925
Author: Edited by George F. Nellist

CHARLES HASTINGS JUDD, Counselor to Royalty. Chamberlain to King Kalakaua for 
eight years, and an official in various responsible capacities during the 
reigns of three rulers, Kamehameha V, Lunalilo and Kalakaua, the late Colonel 
C. H. Judd observed the obligation of public service which has become 
traditional with the Judd family of Hawaii.
  Charles H. Judd and his twin sister, Laura Fish Judd, were born in a house 
across the street from the old Mission Home, Kawaiahao, Honolulu, on Sept. 8, 
1835, children of the famous Dr. G. P. Judd. Col. Judd’s twin sister became 
the wife of Joshua Gill Dickson, a partner of Christopher Lewers in the firm 
of Lewers and Dickson, which preceded the present firm of Lewers & Cooke, Ltd. 
In 1843 Dr. Judd moved his family into the stone house belonging to Auhea, 
half-sister of the Premier Kinau, mother of Kings Kamehameha IV and Kamehameha 
V. This building adjoined the palace. In 1857 the family settled in a domicile 
of their own at the corner of Nuuanu and Judd Sts., for long years known 
as “Sweet Home.”
  Charles H. Judd at the age of seven went to Punahou School, where he was 
registered from 1842-43, 1844-49, and 1854-56. In 1849 he attended the Royal 
School, which had been established for young Hawaiian chiefs, and in 1854 he 
returned to Punahou. In September, 1855, with his mother and two elder 
sisters, he went to the eastern states via San Francisco and Panama, spending 
a year in travel and visiting relatives.
  After his return to the islands, C. H. Judd went to Jarvis Island for the 
American Guano Co. In 1859 he married the beautiful Emily Catherine Cutts of 
Portsmouth, N.H., who had come to Honolulu to visit an aunt, Mrs. Henry M. 
Whitney, and the couple went to Baker’s Island, where Judd was in charge of 
operations of the American Guano Co. during 1860 and 1861.
  In 1860, Judd and his brother-in-law, S. G. Wilder, had purchased the lands 
of Kualoa and Kaaaua* from Dr. Judd and Jacob Fox, respectively, and 
experiments were made in diversified farming. Tobacco, cotton and rice were 
planted and the possibility of vanilla beans was discussed. Judd entered into 
a partnership with Dr. Judd and S. G. Wilder in 1863 for the growing and 
grinding of sugar cane at Kualoa, and in 1864 Mr. Wilder bought and became 
manager of the plantation, the first on the Island of Oahu. In 1866 the C. H. 
Judds were settled at “Rosebank,” Nuuanu Valley, which had been bought from 
the estate of Robert C. Wyllie, famous in Hawaiian history as a minister of 
foreign affairs. During these years Judd was engaged in ranching with John 
Cummins at Waimanalo. Production of sugar at Kualoa having failed for various 
reasons, the enterprise was abandoned in 1871.
  Col. Judd’s public services, in the chronological order of his appointments, 
were as follows: Captain, 1st Honolulu Cavalry, Dec. 24, 1863, and major, Oct. 
10, 1866, under King Kamehameha V, and member, House of Representatives, 
sessions of 1868, 1870, 1872 and 1873; colonel on king’s staff, Jan. 23, 1873, 
and adjutant general, Feb. 15, 1873, under King Lunalilo, while during King 
Kalakaua’s reign he received these honors: Colonel on king’s staff, April 27, 
1873; member, Privy Council, Oct. 29, 1875; king’s chamberlain and private 
secretary, July 6, 1878; commissioner and agent for crown lands, Sept. 9, 
1878; member, House of Nobles, sessions of 1880-82-84-86; commissioned, July 
30, 1880, to receive from minister of foreign affairs the appropriation 
for “Our Guard;” member, Board of Health, Sept. 4, 1880. He also received many 
decorations, some Hawaiian and the others foreign.
  As chamberlain to King Kalakaua from 1878 until 1886, Col. Judd accompanied 
that monarch on his trip around the world in 1881. William Nevins Armstrong, 
Minister of State and Royal Commissioner of Immigration, also a member of the 
royal party, gives an entertaining account of the tour in his book, “Around 
the World With a King.” Kalakaua was the first sovereign to make such a trip. 
Armstrong speaks of Col. Judd as one of the king’s most trustworthy friends.
  In 1882 the palace was under construction and the king planned a coronation. 
Col. Judd made two trips to Europe in that year of business connected with the 
furnishings of the palace and the coronation, which took place in 1883. Col. 
Judd, a man of deep religious convictions and the highest principles, was 
unable to countenance certain royal financial transactions and as a 
consequence lost his office as chamberlain in 1886. His distress at what 
seemed to be the defection of the king, a lifelong friend, preyed upon his 
mind with devastating effect and his health, already impaired, gradually 
failed. A Christian gentleman of unquestioned rectitude, Col. Judd was long an 
influence for good in Hawaii. He was always a friend of the Hawaiians, many of 
whom still living, cherish memories of his characteristic kindliness. He had 
much to do with the introduction of blooded stock into the islands.
  In 1886, following his withdrawal from the king’s personal service, Col. 
Judd moved with his family from the residence on Punahou St., later purchased 
by Judge Widemann and now the MacDonald Hotel, to the Leilehua ranch house. 
The Leiluhua cattle ranch was held by King Kalakaua in conjunction with Col. 
Judd, and the latter continued to manage the property until 1889, when a last 
move was made to the ranch at old Kualoa, where he died on April 18, 1890, at 
the age of 54. The children of Charles Hastings and Emily Catherine (Cutts) 
Judd are: Julie (Mrs. Francis Mills Swanzy), Helen (Mrs. Arthur Christopher 
Farley) of Auburndale, Mass., Emily Pauahi Judd and Charles Hastings Judd II.
  Col. Judd’s eldest child, Julie (Mrs. Francis Mills Swanzy), inherited in 
large measure his devotion to public welfare, and is widely known for her 
generous interest in civic and charitable work. For thirty years, the last ten 
as president, she has been connected with the Free Kindergarten and Children’s 
Aid Assn., which conducts ten kindergartens in Honolulu for the children of 
all races; she is chairman of the Recreation Commission, supervising all city 
and county playgrounds; has been regent for eight years of the Daughters of 
Hawaii, and president of the Women’s Auxiliary of the Outrigger Canoe Club 
since its establishment in 1909.


Additional Comments:
*Probably should be Kaaawa.

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