George W. Macfarlane

George Walter Hunter Macfarlane (March 1, 1849 – February 20, 1921) was a British businessman, courtier and politician of the Kingdom of Hawaii.

He didn't travel the entire trip around world, only accompanying the king and his suite, including the then-incumbent Chamberlain Charles Hastings Judd and cabinet minister William Nevins Armstrong, on the first leg of the journey from Honolulu to San Francisco and later rejoining them in Europe and the United States.

[10] With Robert Hoapili Baker, he accompanied the king on his final visit to the United States aboard the USS Charleston, in November 1890.

Hoapili and Macfarlane were at his deathbed at San Francisco's Palace Hotel; he sat at the head of the bed clasping the king's right hand.

Kalākaua died on January 20, 1891[11][12] The new queen Liliuokalani removed Macfarlane as Chamberlain and appointed James William Robertson to the post.

Kalākaua with Colonel Macfarlane and Colonel Robert Hoapili Baker aboard the USS Charleston en route to San Francisco, California