Background
Frear, Walter Francis was born on October 29, 1863 in Grass Valley, California, United States. Son of Walter and Fannie (Foster) Frear.
Frear, Walter Francis was born on October 29, 1863 in Grass Valley, California, United States. Son of Walter and Fannie (Foster) Frear.
Graduate Oahu College, Honolulu, 1881. Bachelor of Arts, Yale, 1885, Bachelor of Laws, 1890, Jewell prize for best examination at graduation. Doctor of Laws, Yale, 1910, University of Hawaii, 1937.
Of Hawaii, 1943), August, 1893. Children—Virginia, Margaret. Taught Greek, mathematics, political economy, Oahu College, 1886-1888.
2d judge, 1st circuit, Kingdom of Hawaii, January 1, 1893.
2d Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, Provisional Government, Hawaii, March 7, 1893. 1st Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, Republic of Hawaii, January 6, 1896.
Member Hawaiian commission to recommend to Congress legislation concerning Hawaii, August 1898. Chief justice, 1900-1907.
Chairman Hawaiian Code Commission, 1903-1905.
Governor of Hawaiian Territory., 1907-1913. Now vice president Bishop Trust Company Chairman Hawaiian delegation to Republican National Convention, 1912. Member Code Revision Commission, 1923.
Vice chairman Hawaiian Crime Commission, 1930.
Member Commision on the Illegal Practice of Law, 1931.
Member Hawaiian History Society (ex-president), Honolulu Social Science Association, Royal Geographical, Society Australasia.
Married Mary Emma Dillingham (Bachelor of Arts, Wellesley, author verse, music, stories, et cetera, Doctor of Letters, University. Children: Virginia, Margaret.