Francis Light

Francis Light
The statue of Captain Francis Light, R.N., at Fort Cornwallis in George Town on Penang Island, Malaysia
Born	1740 (1740) Dallinghoo, Suffolk, England
Died	21 October 1794(1794-10-21) (aged 53–54)[1] Penang, Malaya
Occupation	Colonial official
Known for	Modernising Penang
Relatives	Son William Light, founder of Adelaide

Captain Francis Light (c. 1740 – 21 October 1794) was a British explorer and the founder of the British colony of Penang (in modern-day Malaysia) and its capital city of George Town in 1786. Light and his lifelong partner, Martina Rozells, were the parents of William Light, who founded the city of Adelaide in South Australia.