Memorial at the Protestant Cemetery, Northam Road, Penang, Malaysia commemorating Captain Francis Light, d. 1794
Location
Protestant Cemetery, Northam Road, Penang, Malaysia, Rest of the World
Transcript
‘BENEATH THIS STONE / lie the remains of / FRANCIS LIGHT ESQ. / WHO FIRST ESTABLISHED THIS ISLAND / AS A BRITISH SETTLEMENT / DIED 21 OCTOBER 1794', 'RESTORED OCTOBER 1894. / BROWN & CO. SCTS.'
Details
Type: Tomb
Date Erected: Restored 1894
Artists: Brown & Co
Date Erected: Restored 1894
Artists: Brown & Co
People
Light, Francis
Age: 53
Date of Death: 21/10/1794
Cause of Death: Infectious disease
Rank / Occupation: Midshipman RN; Master)
Organisation: Royal Navy
Age: 53
Date of Death: 21/10/1794
Cause of Death: Infectious disease
Rank / Occupation: Midshipman RN; Master)
Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Notes: Midshipman in RN 1759-64 also commanded trading vessels in the East Indies. Died of malaria.
Bibliography: John B. Hattendorf 'Some British and American Sailor's Tombstones in Penang, Malaysia', 'Mariner's Mirror' vol. 68, p. 326 (Greenwich, 1982).
Bibliography: John B. Hattendorf 'Some British and American Sailor's Tombstones in Penang, Malaysia', 'Mariner's Mirror' vol. 68, p. 326 (Greenwich, 1982).