List of governors of Penang
Governors of Prince of Wales Island

Appointed
Name
Ended
Notes
5 December 1804
Philip Dundas
8 April 1807
Died in office
8 April 1807
Henry Shepherd Pearson
2 March 1808
Acting
2 March 1808
Norman Macalister
March 1810
-
24 Mar.1810
Charles Andrew Bruce
December 1810
Died in office.
December 1810
William Edward Phillips
1811
Acting.
1811
Archibald Seton
1812
-
1811
William Petrie
1812
Acting while Seton in Java
29 January 1812
William Petrie
27 October 1816
Died in office
27 October 1816
William Edward Phillips
18 March 1817
Acting
18 March 1817
John Alexander Bannerman
8 August 1819
Died in office
1 March 1820
William Edward Phillips
Aug. 1824.
-
4 February 1824
-
12 November 1829
Governor of the Straits Settlements (1826–1830)

Question: What were the circumstances of William Edward Phillips's first tenure as governor of Penang?
Answer: On the death of Charles Andrew Bruce, Dec. 1810 till Archibald Seton arrived in 1811.