Everything about Francis Light totally explained
Captain Francis Light (
1740 –
21 October 1794) was the founder of the
British colony of
Penang (in modern-day
Malaysia) and its capital
George Town in
1786.
He was born in
Dallinghoo,
Suffolk,
England and was a
Royal Navy midshipman from
1759 to
1763. From
1765, he worked as a trader for the
British East India Company and secured the island of Penang from the
Sultan of Kedah, Light served as the Superintendent of the colony until his death. In
1785, he warned the Thais on
Phuket Island of an imminent
Burmese attack. Light's warning enabled the islanders to prepare for Phuket's defense and subsequently repel the Burmese invasion.
Light died from
malaria on
October 21 1794 and was buried at the Penang graveyard in Northam Road (now Jalan Sultan Ahmad Shah). His statue now stands at
Penang State Museum in George Town.
Light fathered children by Martina Rozells, but appeared never to have legally married her. However, it was against East India Company rules to marry a Catholic and, as Martina was Catholic, Light may have tried to avoid dismissal by never declaring his marriage. Their son, Colonel
William Light, was the founder of
Adelaide in
Australia.
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