William Nevins Armstrong
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Kingdom of Hawaii Attorney General |
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In office November 5, 1881 – May 19, 1882 |
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| Monarch | Kalākaua |
| Preceded by | Henry A. P. Carter |
| Succeeded by | Edward Preston |
| Kingdom of Hawaii Attorney General |
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In office November 29, 1880 – January 17, 1881 |
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| Monarch | Kalākaua |
| Preceded by | John Smith Walker |
| Succeeded by | Henry A. P. Carter |
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March 10, 1835 Lahaina, Maui, Kingdom of Hawaii |
| Died | October 16, 1905 (aged 70) Washington, D.C. |
| Resting place | Kawaiahaʻo Church |
| Nationality | American |
| Residence | Hawaii |
William Nevins Armstrong (March 10, 1835 – October 16, 1905), aka Nevins Armstrong and aka W. N. Armstrong, was the Attorney General of Hawaii during the reign of King David Kalākaua. He is most widely known outside of Hawaii for the book Around the World with a King, his insider account of King Kalākaua's world tour in 1881.
He was born in Lahaina on the island of Maui, the third of ten children of missionaries Clarissa Chapman Armstrong and Richard Armstrong, who later served as the second kahu (pastor) of Kawaiahaʻo Church, and subsequently was appointed President of the Board of Education for the Kingdom of Hawaii. William was given the name of his older brother who died in infancy. His grandfather Samuel Chapman was one of the founders of Russell, Massachusetts.Samuel C. Armstrong, his younger brother, was founder of Hampton University.
Young William was enrolled at Punahou School in Honolulu in 1842. By the age of 12, he was already looking ahead to fund his college education and was working part-time as a bookbinder. In 1849, he and schoolmate Charles Hastings Judd, as children of ministers of the cabinet of Kamehameha III, attended the Chiefs Children's School. They formed a lifelong friendship with a younger schoolmate, future King of Hawaii David Kalākaua. When he was 15 years old, his mother accompanied him to the mainland United States, where he was enrolled in the university preparatory Phillips Academy at Andover, Massachusetts.
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