Francis Light
Military Person
1740 – 1794
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Who was Francis Light?
Captain Francis Light was the founder of the British colony of Penang and its capital George Town in 1786.
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- Born
- 1740
Dallinghoo - Parents
- Children
- Employment
- Royal Navy
(1759 - 1794)
- Royal Navy
- Lived in
- Suffolk
- Died
- Oct 25, 1794
Penang - Resting place
- Protestant Cemetery, Penang
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on July 23, 2013
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