Pitt Street, George Town have lived here for centuries. Pitt Street was named after William Pitt the Younger, who was the Prime Minister of Great Britain between 1783 and 1801. When Captain Francis Light founded Penang Island in 1786, he renamed the island the "Prince of Wales Island" in honour of the Prince of Wales, the new settlement of George Town after King George III and the first street within the settlement after himself. Worried that Prime Minister William Pitt may have felt offended as nothing was named after him, Light felt compelled to name Pitt Street after him. Pitt Street, created soon after
William Pitt (1805 EIC ship) William Pitt (1805 EIC ship) William Pitt was launched in 1805 as an East Indiaman. She made seven voyages for the British East India Company (EIC), between 1805 and 1819. In 1810 and 1811 she participated as a transport in two British military campaigns. She was sold for breaking up in 1820. EIC voyage #1 (1805-1807): Captain William Edmeades acquired a letter of marque on 6 July 1805. He sailed from Falmouth on 10 August 1805, bound for the Cape of Good Hope, Madras, and Bengal. "William Pitt" was at Cork on 31 August, Madeira on 29 September, and San