Statue of Captain Francis Light

Statue of Captain Francis Light (30 January 2005)


Francis Light Statue is a statue of the founder of the British settlement of George Town in 1786. It was built in 1936 to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the founding of Penang by Captain Francis Light. The bronze statue was sculpted by F.J. Wilcoxson and cast at Burton's Foundry in Thames Ditton. The statue was actually modelled after Francis Light's son, William Light, since no picture could be found of the senior Light. William Light founded the Australian city of Adelaide fifty years after the founding of Penang.

Getting there

The Francis Light Statue is now within Fort Cornwallis. The nearest bus stop is along Light Street, served by Rapid Penang bus 103, 204, 502 and CAT.

I posed with the statue of Captain Francis Light at Fort Cornwallis. (30 January 2005)

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