Born in c.1781, George Dean-Pitt Snr joined the Marines in England in 1797 and was stationed in the West Indies, Portugal, Malta and New Zealand.
On 8th October 1847 he arrived with his family on the barque "Minerva" at Auckland where he embarked upon the final phase of his career, as Commander of British troops in New Zealand, then a new and unstable colony.
He died in 1851 as Major-General George Dean-Pitt, Knight of Hanover, while commanding British troops in New Zealand and holding the post of Lieutenant-Governor of the North Island.
On 8th October 1847 he arrived with his family on the barque "Minerva" at Auckland where he embarked upon the final phase of his career, as Commander of British troops in New Zealand, then a new and unstable colony.
He died in 1851 as Major-General George Dean-Pitt, Knight of Hanover, while commanding British troops in New Zealand and holding the post of Lieutenant-Governor of the North Island.
Born in c.1781, George Dean-Pitt Snr joined the Marines in England in 1797 and was stationed in the West Indies, Portugal, Malta and New Zealand.
On 8th October 1847 he arrived with his family on the barque "Minerva" at Auckland where he embarked upon the final phase of his career, as Commander of British troops in New Zealand, then a new and unstable colony.
He died in 1851 as Major-General George Dean-Pitt, Knight of Hanover, while commanding British troops in New Zealand and holding the post of Lieutenant-Governor of the North Island.
On 8th October 1847 he arrived with his family on the barque "Minerva" at Auckland where he embarked upon the final phase of his career, as Commander of British troops in New Zealand, then a new and unstable colony.
He died in 1851 as Major-General George Dean-Pitt, Knight of Hanover, while commanding British troops in New Zealand and holding the post of Lieutenant-Governor of the North Island.
Inscription
IN
MEMORY
OF HIS EXCELLENCY MAJOR GENERAL
GEORGE DEAN PITT K.H.
LIEUT GOVERNOR OF THE NORTHERN PROVINCE
OF NEW ZEALAND
AND COMMANDER OF HER MAJESTY’S FORCES
IN THE COLONY.
HE DIED JANUARY 8TH 1851
AGED 70 YEARS
MARK THE PERFECT
MAN AND BEHOLD
THE UPRIGHT FOR
THE END OF THAT
MAN IS PEACE
PS. 37th V. 37th
Gravesite Details
In good condition; repair work has been done.
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