 The Wuntho sawbas consisted of a father and son team.The father, U Shwe Tha, was made Sawba of Wuntho previously in 1866 until he relinquished his position in favor of his son in 1881, U Aung Myat.Both father and son were brought up in the Burmese court and had pledged their loyalties to the Konbaung monarch.