Dittisham
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Dittisham is a village and civil parish in the South Hams district of the English county Devon. It is situated on the west bank of the tidal River Dart, 2 miles upstream of Dartmouth.
Dittisham seen from Greenway Quay
Dittisham on the River Dart, oil painting by John Wallace Tucker, between 1865 and 1867
George Caunter
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George Caunter was a British administrator who governed Prince of Wales Island as Acting Superintendent from 1797 to 1798 and again from 1798 to 1800. As First Assistant under Lieutenant-Governor Leit
Dittisham
…redder in colouration, but oblong in shape in comparison to more commercial varieties. The flesh is juicy and lends itself well to excellent jam making. George Caunter, of nearby Staverton, lived in Dittisham, where he married Harriett Georgina Hutchings. He became Acting Superintendent of Penang (then Prince of Wales…
CAUNTER George 1758 1811
Province Wellesley, acquired for Penang by Caunter in 1800 on behalf of Lieutenant-Governor Leith, seen from George Town in this 1818 drawing. At its narrowest, the strait is three kilometres across.