Robert William Wilcox

Robert William Wilcox
Delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives from Hawaii Territory's at-large congressional district
In office
November 6, 1900 – March 3, 1903
Preceded byDistrict established
Succeeded byJonah Kūhiō Kalanianaʻole
Member of the Kingdom of Hawaii
House of Representatives
for the island of Maui
In office
1880–1881
Member of the Kingdom of Hawaii
House of Representatives
for the island of Oahu
In office
1890–1893
Personal details
Born(1855-02-15)February 15, 1855
Maui, Hawaiian Kingdom
DiedOctober 23, 1903(1903-10-23) (aged 48)
Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii
Resting placeHonolulu Catholic Cemetery
Political partyHome Rule
Liberal[1]
National Reform
Spouse(s)Baroness Gina Sobrero (divorced)
Princess Theresa Laʻanui
Children5
Parent(s)William Slocum Wilcox
Kalua Makoleokalani
Alma materMilitary Academy of Modena
OccupationSurveyor
Signature
Military service
Allegiance Italy
 Hawaii
Branch/serviceRoyal Italian Army (Italy)
Royalist Insurgency (Hawaii)
RankSub-Lieutenant (Italy)
Colonel (Hawaii)
Battles/warsWilcox Rebellion of 1889
Overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom
1895 Counter-Revolution in Hawaii

Robert William Kalanihiapo Wilcox (February 15, 1855 – October 23, 1903),[2] nicknamed the Iron Duke of Hawaiʻi, was a Native Hawaiian whose father was an American and whose mother was Hawaiian. A revolutionary soldier and politician, he led uprisings against both the government of the Hawaiian Kingdom under King Kalākaua and the Republic of Hawaii under Sanford Dole, what are now known as the Wilcox rebellions. He was later elected the first delegate to the United States Congress for the Territory of Hawaii.

  1. ^ Kingdom of Hawaii 1874-1893, the Kalakaua Dynastism By Ralph S. Kuykendall pp. 517
  2. ^ Leonard C. Schlup; James Gilbert Ryan (2003). Historical Dictionary of the Gilded Age. M.E. Sharpe. p. 538. ISBN 978-0-7656-2106-1.