Thomas Stamford Raffles

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Thomas Stamford Raffles was a British colonial administrator best known as the founder of modern Singapore and a key figure in expanding British influence in Southeast Asia.

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instanceOf British colonial administrator
author
human
politician
associatedWith Bencoolen
British Malaya
Java
Singapore
birthDate 1781-07-06
birthPlace off the coast of Jamaica
on the ship Ann
burialPlace St. Mary’s Church, Hendon
causeOfDeath apoplexy
countryOfCitizenship Great Britain
date 1819-01-29
deathDate 1826-07-05
deathPlace London
linked to: London, England
employer British East India Company
event established a British trading post in Singapore in 1819
familyName Raffles
fieldOfWork Southeast Asian studies
colonial administration
natural history
founded modern Singapore
fullName Sir Thomas Stamford Bingley Raffles
givenName Stamford
Thomas
hasMonument Raffles Statue at Boat Quay, Singapore
Raffles Statue at Victoria Theatre, Singapore
honorificPrefix Sir
influenced British colonial policy in Southeast Asia
knownFor Lieutenant-Governor of Bencoolen
Lieutenant-Governor of Java
expansion of British influence in Southeast Asia
founder of modern Singapore
memberOf British East India Company
notableWork The History of Java
occupation colonial administrator
naturalist
writer
positionHeld Lieutenant-Governor of Bencoolen
Lieutenant-Governor of Java
founder of Singapore settlement
publicationDate 1817
religion Protestantism
signed Treaty of 1819 with Sultan Hussein Shah of Johor
Treaty of 1819 with Temenggong Abdul Rahman
spouse Olivia Mariamne Devenish
Sophia Hull

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Thomas Stamford Raffles fullName Sir Thomas Stamford Bingley Raffles
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Rafflesia arnoldii namedAfter Sir Stamford Raffles
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Raffles notableBearer Stamford Raffles
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Stamford Raffles fullName Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles
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Lieutenant-Governor of Java officeHolder Thomas Stamford Raffles
Treaty of 1819 with Sultan Hussein Shah of Johor signatoryRepresentative Stamford Raffles
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Raffles Statue at Boat Quay, Singapore commemorates Sir Stamford Raffles
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Raffles Statue at Boat Quay, Singapore hasSubject Sir Stamford Raffles
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Lieutenant-Governor of Bencoolen officeHolder Stamford Raffles
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Olivia Mariamne Devenish spouse Thomas Stamford Raffles
St. Mary’s Church, Hendon hasGraveOf Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles
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St. Mary’s Church, Hendon hasNotableBurial Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles
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Zoological Society of London foundedBy Sir Stamford Raffles
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Stanford hasNotableBearer Stanford Raffles
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Sophia Hull spouse Thomas Stamford Raffles
A Famosa preservationAdvocatedBy Sir Stamford Raffles
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Anglo-Ashanti Wars notableCommander Thomas Stamford Raffles