Thomas Stamford Raffles
British statesman who founded Singapore (1781-1826) · Politicians · Died at 44
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Something wrong?Sir Thomas Stamford Bingley Raffles was a British colonial official who served as the governor of the Dutch East Indies between 1811 and 1816 and lieutenant-governor of Bencoolen between 1818 and 1824. Raffles was involved in the capture of the Indonesian island of Java from the Dutch during the Napoleonic Wars.
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The memorial to Olivia Mariamne Raffles, Raffles's first wife, erected by him along the Kanarielaan in the National Botanical Gardens (now the Bogor Botanical Gardens). Raffles re-landscaped these gardens, which were established in 1744 in Buitenzorg (now Bogor), West Java.
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Statue of Sir Stamford Raffles in Singapore, based on the original by Thomas Woolner
The Plan of the Town of Singapore, also known more commonly as the Jackson Plan or Raffles Town Plan![A view of Singapore from the sea, sketched by Lt. Philip Jackson shortly before Raffles's departure in 1823. Found amongst documents belonging to Raffles[32]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Singapore_from_the_Sea_June_1823_-_Lt._Phillip_Jackson.jpg/1280px-Singapore_from_the_Sea_June_1823_-_Lt._Phillip_Jackson.jpg)
A view of Singapore from the sea, sketched by Lt. Philip Jackson shortly before Raffles's departure in 1823. Found amongst documents belonging to Raffles[32]
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Sir Thomas Stamford Bingley Raffles was a British colonial official who served as the governor of the Dutch East Indies between 1811 and 1816 and lieutenant-governor of Bencoolen between 1818 and 1824. Raffles was involved in the capture of the Indonesian island of Java from the Dutch during the Napoleonic Wars. It was returned under the Anglo-Dutch Treaty of 1824. He also wrote The History of Java in 1817, describing the history of the island from ancient times. The Rafflesia flowers were named after him.
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