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- ↑ William Charles Counter (1957). Genealogy of the Counter family. Primarily of Charles Counter, son of George and Alice Caunter, from 1819, the date of his birth, to 1955. [Mountain View, Calif., E.F. Counter, 1957?]. pp. 5, 6, 13.
- ↑ "Cornwall OPC Database". Cornwall OPC.
- ↑ "Mainly About Malayans – The Caunters of Penang". The Straits Times. Singapore. 19 March 1933. p. 12.
- ↑ F. Lyde Caunter (1930). Caunter Family History. Solicitors' Law Stationery Society. pp. 22, 62.
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- ↑ "Could the artist be Henry Caunter?". Art UK.
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