Governor of The Prince of Wales' Island, 1811
In 9 May 1811, Seton was appointed Governor of Prince of Wales's Island (present day Penang). Seton was barely in the colony when he joined the invasion of Java leaving his eventual successor William Petrie as acting Governor.
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