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  2. Keith Robinson (environmentalist) - Wikipedia

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    Robinson and his brother Bruce own the approximately 70-square-mile (180 km 2) island of Niʻihau in the Hawaiian island chain, which has been in the private possession of their family since their great-great-grandmother Elizabeth McHutcheson Sinclair (1800–1892) purchased it from King Kamehameha V for US$10,000 in gold. [5]

  3. Niihau - Wikipedia

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    As an arid island, Niʻihau was barren of trees for centuries – Captain James Cook reported it treeless in 1778. Aubrey Robinson, grandfather of current owners Bruce Robinson and Keith Robinson, planted 10,000 trees per year during much of his ownership of the island; Robinson's afforestation efforts increased rainfall in the dry climate. [13]

  4. Aylmer Francis Robinson - Wikipedia

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    Aylmer Francis Robinson was born May 6, 1888, at the Robinson family estate in Makaweli on the island of Kauaʻi during the Kingdom of Hawaii. His father was Aubrey Robinson (1853–1936) and mother was Alice Gay Robinson who was his father's cousin. This made him double great-grandson of family matriarch Elizabeth McHutchison Sinclair (1800 ...

  5. Aubrey Robinson (Hawaii planter) - Wikipedia

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    Aubrey Robinson was born in Canterbury, New Zealand, on October 17, 1853.His father was Charles Barrington Robinson and mother was Helen Sinclair. His grandmother, Elizabeth McHutchison (1800–1892), also spelled McHutcheson, was born in Glasgow, Scotland, married Francis Sinclair in 1824 and moved to New Zealand in 1840 with their six children.

  6. ‘A dangerous precedent’: Hawaii property owner left stunned ...

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    Annaleine “Anne” Reynolds snapped up some vacant land in Hawaii for about $22,500 at an auction back in 2018. ... the architect, the prior property owner’s family and the county — which ...

  7. The true story of how American landowners overthrew the ...

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    The annexation of Hawaii as a U.S. territory was finalized by August 12, 1898, and marked the end of the island nation's independence. Hawaii would not become an official U.S. state until 1959.

  8. Elizabeth Sinclair - Wikipedia

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    Elizabeth McHutcheson Sinclair (26 April 1800 – 16 October 1892) was a Scottish homemaker, farmer, and plantation owner in New Zealand and Hawaii, best known as the matriarch of the Sinclair family that bought the Hawaiian island of Niʻihau in 1864.

  9. Hawaii, Maui sued by victim's family for gross negligence in ...

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    By Clark Mindock (Reuters) -The father of a woman who died during last month's wildfires in Hawaii has sued the state and the county of Maui in a “first-of-its-kind” lawsuit accusing the ...