Times of Malaya when Pioneers, Planters, Miners, Civil Servants, Merchants, Police and the Military - both regulars and volunteers, during British Colonisation period, lived in the Straits Settlements of Singapore, Malacca and Penang and the Federated Malay States of Perak, Selangor, Pahang, Negri Sembilan including Unfederated States of Johore, Terengganu, Kelantan & Perlis. From 1786, the arrival of Francis Light; 1819, landing of Stamford Raffles with the Honourable East India Company & the administration of the Straits Settlements by British India through to being The Crown Colony in 1867 leading to WW1 and WW2 in Malaya. The Times of Malayan Emergency to the independence of Malaya in 1957 and the Republic of Singapore in 1965.

Thursday 8 July 2010

Suffolk House, Penang


The site of Suffolk House was originally the location of Captain Francis Light's residence from 1786 to 1794. ( He founded Penang Island for the British East India Company). The present Georgian Mansion which has been beautifully restored, was built between 1808 & 1811, to house a certain William Edward Phillips, who became Governer of Prince of Wales Island ( Penang Island) from 1820 to 1824. Times of Malaya cir. 1800s
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