Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Francis Light" in Malay language version.
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)Lihat page-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?
