George Caunter (c. June 1758 – 25 December 1811) was a British administrator who governed Prince of Wales Island (Penang Island) as Acting Superintendent...
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Caunter is a surname originating principally in the West Country in England. The name derives from Anglo-Norman caunter/cauntour, "singer, one who leads...
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George Henry Caunter (24 February 1791 – 6 August 1843) was an English judge and miscellaneous writer. Having been President of the Vice Admiralty Court...
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Francis Caunter (22 March 1899 in Ilford, Essex – 10 April 1988), was a British aviation historian and author. He was the son of Lionel George Caunter from...
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Province Wellesley. The treaty, negotiated by Penang's First Assistant George Caunter and Sultan of Kedah Dziaddin Mukarram Shah II, increased the annual...
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sculpted escutcheon over the main entrance to Great Fulford House. George Caunter (born 1758), of nearby Staverton, lived in Dittisham, where he married...
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Brigadier John Alan Lyde Caunter CBE, MC & Bar (17 December 1889 – 20 April 1981) was a senior British Army officer and a pioneer shark angler off the...
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Spanish dollars. This acquisition, negotiated by George Caunter on behalf of Lieutenant-Governor George Leith, gave the EIC permanent sovereignty over both...
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List of governors of Penang (section Residents and governors of the Residency of Prince of Wales Island, Singapore and Malacca (at George Town & Singapore))
Harry St. George Ord at Singapore. 1871–1872: Arthur Nonus Birch, Actg. Lieutenant-Governor of Penang, Malaysia (1871–1872) 1872–1873: Sir George William...
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The street names of George Town reflect the multicultural heritage of the city, the capital of the former British settlement of Penang, now part of Malaysia...
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