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Captain Francis Light was never knighted and he never married the daughter of the Sultan of Kedah. He cohabited with an Eurasian of Portuguese descent, Martina Rozells. Light Street Ghaut (opposite St Xavier's Institution) was formerly known as Martina Lane.

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Old list of governors

#	Governor		Took office	Left office	Notes
1	Philip Dundas		September 1805	8 April 1807
	Henry Shepherd Pearson		13 April 1807	17 October 1807	Acting
2	Colonel Norman Macalister		8 April 1807	1810
3	Charles Andrew Bruce		25 March 1810	December 1810	^[1]
	William Edward Phillips		28 December 1807	1811	Acting (first time)
4	Archibald Seton		9 May 1811	27 July 1812	Absent from 13 May 1812
5	William Petrie		13 May 1811	October 1816	Acting until September 1812
	William Edward Phillips		October 1816	1817	Acting (second time)
6	Colonel John Alexander Bannerman		1817	8 August 1819
7	William Edward Phillips		1819	20 August 1824	Acting until 4 June 1820
8		Robert Fullerton	20 August 1824	12 November 1829	Governor of the Straits Settlements (1826–1830)

Notes

^ Occurrences for March 1810: 24 March – Late on Tuesday night, the ship Bengal Anna, Captain Thomas Scott, anchored in the harbour from Calcutta, having on board the honourable C. A. Bruce as governor; honourable Mrs. Bruce, and two children ; Mrs.' Scott and three children; Major Yule, J. C. Lawrence, esq. civil service, captain M'Innes, 2Oth regiment, and lieutenant M'Donald, Bombay establishment. At sunrise, on Wednesday, the Anna saluted the fort, which was returned. At seven o'clock, the honourable Mr. Bruce landed under the appropriate honours, and was received at the wharf by the honourable the governor and members ef council, who accompanied him through a street, formed by the military, to the government house. At ten o'clock, the honourable Mr. Bruce took the usual oaths and his seat as governor, and colonel Macalister was sworn in as second, and W. E. Phillips, Esq. third, and last member of council, under the customary salutes. The following proclamation was published by order of the honourable the governor and council. PROCLAMATION: Whereas the honourable the court of directors have been pleased to direct that a civil servant of the establishment of Bengal, should be appointed governor of this presidency, and the right honourable the governor-general in council, having under that authority, nominated the honourable Charles Andrew Bruce, to the office, the arrival of that gentleman, at this island, and his having taken the prescribed paths and charge of the government, is announced. All persons, in the honourable company's civil, military, and marine service, and all the other inhabitants of Prince of Wales's Island, and its dependencies, are therefore directed to take due notice thereof, and to obey the said honourable Charles Andrew Bruce, accordingly. The honourable the court of directors, having also appointed colonel Norman Macalister, to be second member of council, and commandant of the forces, and William Edward Phillips, Esq. third and last member of council, those gentlemen have this day taken the prescribed oaths, and their seats accordingly. Published by order of the honourable governor and council. THOS. RAFFLES, Sec. to Govt. Fort Cornwallis, 21 March 1810.

The above list was replaced with a sourced list. But the new sourced list may not be complete. So I have moved this list here for others to find sources and add the additional information to the basic sourced list provided. (The one citation given above it to a primary source. Although those can be used it makes the list an OR exersise, what is needed are secondary sources for which primary sources can be added for clarity). -- PBS (talk) 02:29, 11 December 2011 (UTC)Reply

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[1] Occurrences for March 1810: 24 March – Late on Tuesday night, the ship Bengal Anna, Captain Thomas Scott, anchored in the harbour from Calcutta, having on board the honourable C. A. Bruce as governor; honourable Mrs. Bruce, and two children ; Mrs.' Scott and three children; Major Yule, J. C. Lawrence, esq. civil service, captain M'Innes, 2Oth regiment, and lieutenant M'Donald, Bombay establishment. At sunrise, on Wednesday, the Anna saluted the fort, which was returned. At seven o'clock, the honourable Mr. Bruce landed under the appropriate honours, and was received at the wharf by the honourable the governor and members ef council, who accompanied him through a street, formed by the military, to the government house. At ten o'clock, the honourable Mr. Bruce took the usual oaths and his seat as governor, and colonel Macalister was sworn in as second, and W. E. Phillips, Esq. third, and last member of council, under the customary salutes. The following proclamation was published by order of the honourable the governor and council. PROCLAMATION: Whereas the honourable the court of directors have been pleased to direct that a civil servant of the establishment of Bengal, should be appointed governor of this presidency, and the right honourable the governor-general in council, having under that authority, nominated the honourable Charles Andrew Bruce, to the office, the arrival of that gentleman, at this island, and his having taken the prescribed paths and charge of the government, is announced. All persons, in the honourable company's civil, military, and marine service, and all the other inhabitants of Prince of Wales's Island, and its dependencies, are therefore directed to take due notice thereof, and to obey the said honourable Charles Andrew Bruce, accordingly. The honourable the court of directors, having also appointed colonel Norman Macalister, to be second member of council, and commandant of the forces, and William Edward Phillips, Esq. third and last member of council, those gentlemen have this day taken the prescribed oaths, and their seats accordingly. Published by order of the honourable governor and council. THOS. RAFFLES, Sec. to Govt. Fort Cornwallis, 21 March 1810.

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