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Sir Thomas Stamford Bingley Raffles FRS FRAS (5 July 1781 – 5 July 1826) 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.
Jul 2, 2024 · Sir Stamford Raffles (born July 6, 1781, at sea, off Port Morant, Jam.—died July 5, 1826, London, Eng.) was a British East Indian administrator and founder of the port city of Singapore (1819), who was largely responsible for the creation of Britain’s Far Eastern empire. He was knighted in 1816.
Learn about the life and achievements of Stamford Raffles, the British officer who founded Singapore in 1819 and shaped its development as a free port, a modern city and a centre of learning. Discover his town plan, his policies, his institution and his bridge.
Sir Thomas Stamford Bingley Raffles (July 6, 1781 – July 5, 1826) was the founder of the city of Singapore (now the Republic of Singapore), and is one of the most famous Britons who expanded the British Empire.
Two hundred years ago, an important treaty was negotiated by the Englishman Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles, leading to the establishment of the British colony of Singapore.
Sir Stamford Raffles, (born July 6, 1781, at sea off Port Morant, Jam.—died July 5, 1826, London, Eng.), Administrator in the British East India Company and founder of Singapore.
Stamford Raffles landed in Singapore on 28 January 1819. Travelling on the Indiana with a squadron that included the schooner Enterprise, he anchored at St John’s Island at 4.00 pm on 28 January 1819 and met with Temenggong Abdul Rahman.1 The site on the Singapore mainland where Raffles landed is today marked with the statue of Raffles, which ...
