Cyprus mutiny Cyprus mutiny The "Cyprus" mutiny took place in 1829 off the British penal settlement of Van Diemen's Land (now Tasmania, Australia). Convicts seized the brig and sailed her to Canton, China, where they scuttled her and claimed to be castaways from another vessel. On the way, "Cyprus" visited Japan during the height of the period of severe Japanese restrictions on the entry of foreigners, the first Australian ship to do so. The mutineers were eventually captured. Two of them, George James Davis and William Watts, were hanged at Execution Dock, London on 16 December 1830, the last men hanged for
William Gronow-Davis William Gronow-Davis William Gronow-Davis (1941 – September 20, 2015) was the last partner of Michael Pitt-Rivers and inherited Rushmore Estate on his death. The Rushmore Estate had been in the Pitt-Rivers family for generations and was once described by novelist Thomas Hardy as "quite the prettiest sight I ever saw in my life." In 2009 Gronow-Davis built a 65ft folly, the tallest folly to be built in England in more than 100 years. Gronow-Davis was an established artist and held bi-annual exhibitions. Gronow-Davis and his partner Pitt-Rivers were both collectors of art, especially Asian works of art. At his death