(Above) Shady trees shelter the eternal resting place of the famous personalities buried at the Protestant Cemetery. Among the notable ones is Captain Francis Light (right) who was buried here in 1794.
THE 229-year-old Protestant Cemetery in Jalan Sultan Ahmad Shah is the final resting place for many prominent personalities who contributed to the early development of George Town.
One of them was Philip Dundas who was appointed Penang’s first governor by the East India Company in 1805.
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