It included Queen Kapiʻolani, Princess Liliʻuokalani and Liliʻuokalani's husband John Owen Dominis, as well as Court Chamberlain Colonel Curtis P. Iʻaukea acting as official envoy of the king and Colonel James Harbottle Boyd acting as aide-de-camp to the Queen.

[11] In 1938, fifty-one years later, McGuire wrote his moʻolelo (story) of the Hawaiian delegation's journey to the Golden Jubilee from the diary he kept during his travel with the royal party.

[8] McGuire married Hilo-born Fredericke Julia Nolte (1871–1938), and they had two surviving daughters Lani Barringer and Louise Kaanapu.

[8][15] McGuire worked in various position including as custodian of ʻIolani Palace, a restaurant owner and high bishop of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Hawaii.

The acquisitions in his estate were valued at $7,532.80 (equivalent to $156,041 in 2023) and included seventy calabash bowls, traditional fishing implements, kapa cloth, drums, and kāhili.