The Kingdom of Hawai‘i
Commanders-in-Chief
The Kingdom of Hawai‘i
Commanders-in-Chief
The Hon. William Pitt Kalanimoku (Pukaua) 1796-1819
The Hon. Ali‘i Hoapili Ulumaheihei (Pukaua) 1819-1825
The Hon. Mataio Kekuanao‘a (Pukaua) 1825-1830
The Hon. Ali‘i Hoapili Ulumaheihei (Pukaua) 1830-1831
The Hon. John Adams Kuakini (Pukaua) 1831-1834
The Hon. Mataio Kekuanao‘a (‘Alihikaua) – ex officio* 1834-1853
H.R.H. Lieutenant General Prince Alexander Liholiho (‘Alihikaua) – ex officio 1853-1854
H.R.H. Lieutenant General Prince Lot Kamehameha (‘Alihikaua) – ex officio 1854-1863
H.M. King Kamehameha V (C-in-C) 1863-1872
H.M. King William Charles Lunalilo (C-in-C) 1873-1874
Lieutenant General The Hon. John Owen Dominis (C-in-C) 1874-1880
Lieutenant General The Hon. John Owen Dominis (C-in-C) – ex officio 1880-1886
H.M. King David Kalakaua (Generalissimo) 1886-1887
Lieutenant General The Hon. John Owen Dominis (C-in-C) 1886-1887
H.M. King David Kalakaua (C-in-C) 1887-1888
H.M. King David Kalakaua (C-in-C) 1890-1891
H.M. Queen Lydia Lili‘uokalani (C-in-C) 1891-1893
*Under the Constitutions of 1840 and 1852 the sovereign was titular head of the armed forces.