leleiohoku was born on march 31, 1821 in kailua-kona, hawaii. he was the son of the prime minister kalanimoku who was called "the iron pillar of hawaii" and took the english name of william pitt after british prime minister william pitt the younger. his mother was kiliwehi, the daughter of king kamehameha i. she named him in honor of the date of death of kamehameha on the hawaiian calendar, on the night of "hoku, kaelo" (may 14); "leleiohoku" means ""fled in the time of hoku"" in the hawaiian language.