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Francis Light (c. 1740 – 21 October 1794) was a British Royal Navy officer and explorer best known for founding the colony of Penang and its capital city of George Town in 1786. Light was the father of William Light , who founded the city of Adelaide in South Australia in 1836.
The Francis Light statue is a memorial to Captain Francis Light (1740–1794), the founder of the British colony of Penang in 1786. It is situated in the grounds of Fort Cornwallis , George Town , Penang, Malaysia.
The Francis Light Memorial is a memorial about Francis Light in George Town, Penang, Malaysia. The memorial, located underneath the dome, reads: "In memory of Francis Light ESQ who first established this island as an English settlement and was many years governor. Born in the county of Suffolk in England and died October 21st, 1794. In his ...
The Yang di-Pertua Negeri is styled Tuan Yang Terutama (TYT) (English: His Excellency). Until the 18th century, the island of Penang was part of the Sultanate of Kedah. In 1786, the island was ceded by the sultan of Kedah to the East India Company, Francis Light representing the company. [1] Light renamed the island Prince of Wales Island.
Jalan Sungai Pinang runs through the riverine neighbourhood. The Malay and Indian villages along the Pinang River date back to the 18th century, possibly predating Captain Francis Light's arrival on Penang Island in 1786. [3] Sumatran traders had arrived at the river's estuary in the 1780s and established settlements like Kampung Rawa and ...
In 1786 Francis Light claimed the island of Pulau Pinang on behalf of the King of England and renamed it Prince of Wales Island. There were only about a hundred Malay fishermen inhabiting the island at that time, but the population would grow fast - to 5,000 in 1789 and 10,000 ten years later.
Fort Cornwallis is a bastion fort in George Town, Penang, Malaysia, built by the British East India Company in the late 18th century. Named after the then Lieutenant-General The 2nd Earl Cornwallis (1738–1805), the Governor-General of Bengal at the time of the fort's construction, it is the largest standing fort in Malaysia.
Francis Light's grave in the Old Protestant Cemetery in George Town Unbeknownst to the Kedah Sultan, however, Light had acted without the authority or consent of his superiors in India . [ 5 ] [ 6 ] [ 33 ] When Light reneged on his promise of British military protection against Siam, the Kedah Sultan in 1791 assembled an army in what is now ...