Statewide County HI Archives Biographies.....Brown, Cecil October 9, 1850 - March 6, 1917
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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

CECIL BROWN. Lawyer and Law-Maker, Cecil Brown, for many years one of the best 
known citizens of the Territory until his death, March 6, 1917, was born in 
Hawaii on Oct. 9, 1850, of English parentage.
  A trusted and able man, exceedingly active in the affairs of the monarchy, 
Mr. Brown in 1877 entered upon a legislative career, after he had completed 
his education on the mainland, which continued long after Hawaii was annexed 
by the United States in 1898.
  Familiar with the grave problems confronting the new Territory following 
annexation, he became an invaluable adviser of the government. Regularly 
elected to the legislature, he headed numerous important committees and also 
served as presiding officer of the territorial senate. He had served a term as 
attorney general under the monarchy, and was often called upon to advise King 
Kalakaua.
  Mr. Brown was the brother of Alice Brown von Holt Mackintosh, first married 
to Hermann J. F. von Holt and, after his death, to Alexander Mackintosh, canon 
of St. Andrew’s Cathedral. It is to her memory that St. Andrew’s tower was 
erected from funds obtained through popular subscription. Mr. Brown was an 
uncle of H. M. von Holt, prominent Honolulu business man.
  Cecil Brown’s father was Thomas Brown, an Englishman, who came to the 
Hawaiian Islands in 1844, having been advised to seek a warm climate on 
account of his health. His mother was Mary Ann (Rhodes) Brown. Gardens 
designed by Thomas Brown at the home of his family near Windsor Castle are 
still visited by the von Holts and other descendants when they are in England.
  Cecil Brown’s early boyhood was spent at Wailua, Kauai, where his father was 
engaged in stock raising. His first schooling was received from his parents, 
and later he attended a school conducted by his aunt, Mr. S. U. von Pfister; 
the Cathedral Grammar School, and Punahou Academy.
  In December, 1866, Cecil Brown left Honolulu to study law, making the long 
voyage around Cape Horn to reach Washington, D.C., where he entered Columbia 
Law School and was graduated with high honors. New York being his next 
objective he obtained a position in the famous law offices of Evarts, 
Southmate and Choate. Remaining on the Atlantic coast until 1874, when he left 
New York for San Francisco, by way of Panama, Mr. Brown finally returned to 
Hawaii in 1876.
  From that time on his business and professional career advanced rapidly. He 
at once opened a law office and built up a lucrative practice. To the 
Hawaiians he was affectionately known as “Kikila, ke keiki o ka aina,” 
meaning “Cecil, the son of the land.”
  He married the widow of Menzies Dickson, a former old resident of Honolulu. 
Living only eleven years after her marriage, Mrs. Brown is not as well known 
to the present generation as her husband. At the time of his death in 1917, 
Mr. Brown was one of the most influential men in Hawaii.


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