Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Francis Light" in English language version.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: others (link)The history of this little establishment is very shortly told... There is no foundation whatever for the idle story which has gained currency, of Mr Light's having received Penang as a dowry with a daughter of the King of Queda. It was made over to the East India Company, in consideration of a yearly payment of 6000 Spanish dollars.
By 1779 [Scott] was on Junk Ceylon Island and became a firm friend of Francis Light. They agreed that once Scott was established on Pulo Pinang that Light would administer the island and accept the inevitable loss that the Company salary involved, and Scott would trade and make enough for both. Tregonnning records that he did this and continued to prosper even after the death of Francis Light... He died on 19 September 1808 and was buried in Northam Road Cemetery.
The history of this little establishment is very shortly told... There is no foundation whatever for the idle story which has gained currency, of Mr Light's having received Penang as a dowry with a daughter of the King of Queda. It was made over to the East India Company, in consideration of a yearly payment of 6000 Spanish dollars.
Light died on 21 October 1794, and was succeeded as Superintendent of Penang by Phillip Mannington...succeeded by Thomas Pegou as Acting-Superintendent on 30 November 1795 (footnote 31)See page-url.
Glass was captain of the garrison at Penang, but, in fact, a "country" trader, and a close friend of Francis Light. He was one of the ships' captains present at the raising of the British flag on Penang on 11 August 1796. See E. Trapaud, A Short Account..., p. 17page-url
The date on his tombstone in the Northam Road cemetery says he died on 21 October 1794, but Tregonning records in his book that an official despatch sent by Philip Mannington, Light's successor, shows Francis Light as having died on 25 October 1794.page-url Tregonning's The Founding of Penang (1786–1826) perhaps?
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: others (link)The history of this little establishment is very shortly told... There is no foundation whatever for the idle story which has gained currency, of Mr Light's having received Penang as a dowry with a daughter of the King of Queda. It was made over to the East India Company, in consideration of a yearly payment of 6000 Spanish dollars.