Protestant Cemetery


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Francis Light was one of the earliest Englishmen to come to rest here.

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Others included several governors of the Settlements, James Richardson Logan, David Brown of Glugor Estate and Reverend Hutchings.

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Buried here is also Thomas Leonowens, husband of Anna of The King and I or Anna and the King fame, who passed away at age 31 in 1859, leaving his widow stranded in the East.

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Most of the graves at the Protestant Cemetery are built as squarish tombs.

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