Company Collection

George Augustus Frederick, The Prince of Wales

(12 August 1762–26 June 1830 )

Prince of Wales Island (Pinang) was thus named because it was officially established on the week of his 24th birthday

Prince George acceded to the throne as King George in 1821

This portrait by John Hoppner was painted in 1790 when he was still Prince of Wales. It is now in The Royal Collection.

Lt-Gov. Sir George Alexander Leith (1766-1842)

William Edward Phillips (1769-1858)

Lt.Gov. Colonel Norman Macalister (1760-1810)

Marquess Richard Colley Wellesley (1760-1842) Gov-Gen of India 1798-1805 Robert Home 1803 British Library

Maj-Gen Arthur Wellesley (1769-1852) Robert Home 1804 National Gallery

William Fairlie (1754-1825) Calcutta Merchant and EIC Member

Martin Archer Shee c. 1817