Ferdinand William Hutchison

Ferdinand William Hutchison
Minister of the Interior
In office
April 26, 1865 – January 10, 1873
Preceded byCharles Gordon Hopkins
Succeeded byCharles Reed Bishop
Personal details
Bornc. 1819
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
DiedMay 20, 1893 (aged 74)
Leichhardt, Sydney, New South Wales
NationalityBritish
Kingdom of Hawaii
Spouse(s)Malie Moa, and others
ChildrenAmbrose, Christina, William, and others

Ferdinand William Hutchison (c. 1819 – May 20, 1893) was a British physician and politician in the Kingdom of Hawaii who became a cabinet minister to King Kamehameha V. He was president of the Board of Health from 1868 to 1873 and was instrumental in the early development and management of the leper settlement of Kalaupapa. His surname is often misspelled as Hutchinson.[1]

  1. ^ Tayman 2010, p. 333.