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	Stamford Raffles - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Raffles was appointed the Lieutenant Governor of Java in 1811, and promoted to Governor of Sumatra shortly thereafter, during the period in which Britain took administrative control of the Dutch colonies while the Netherlands were preoccupied with the Napoleonic Wars in Europe.
		The statue of Sir Stamford Raffles by Thomas Woolner in Singapore
		Raffles declared the foundation of what was to become modern Singapore on 6 February of that year, securing transfer of control of the island to the East India Company.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Thomas_Stamford_Raffles (661 words)

	Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles - LoveToKnow Watches
		SIR THOMAS STAMFORD RAFFLES (1781-1826), English administrator, founder of Singapore, was born on the 5th of July 1781, on board a merchantman commanded by his father, Benjamin Raffles, when off Port Morant, Jamaica.
		Raffles perfected his study of Malay during his stay at this place, and learning from the Malays, with whom he mixed freely, that the abandonment of so important a position would be a grave fault, he drew up a report explaining the great importance of Malacca, and urging in the strongest manner its retention.
		During his stay in England Raffles was knighted by the prince regent, published his History of Java (1817) and discussed with Sir Joseph Banks a project for the foundation in London of a zoological museum and garden on the model of the Jardin des Plantes at Paris.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Sir_Thomas_Stamford_Raffles (1090 words)

	Founding of modern Singapore - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In 1818, Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles was appointed as the Lieutenant Governor of the British colony at Bencoolen.
		Raffles believed that the British should find a way to replace the Dutch as the dominant power in the archipelago, since the trade route between China and British India, which had become vitally important with the institution of the opium trade with China, passed through the archipelago.
		Raffles then undertook weeks of lengthy searching and having already found several islands that seemed promising but was later revealed unfit for use either because it was already occupied by the Dutch, or could not function as a port due to reasons such as having too shallow a harbour.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Founding_of_modern_Singapore (1299 words)

	Sir George Everest - LoveToKnow 1911
		SIR GEORGE EVEREST (1790-1866), British surveyor and geographer, was the son of Tristram Everest of Gwerndale, Brecknockshire, and was born there on the 4th of July 1790.
		From school at Marlow he proceeded to the military academy at Woolwich, where he attracted the special notice of the mathematical master, and passed so well in his examinations that he was declared fit for a commission before attaining the necessary age.
		The geodetical labours of Sir George Everest rank among the finest achievements of their kind; and more especially his measurement of the meridional arc of India, r I Z° in length, is accounted as unrivalled in the annals of the science.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Sir_George_Everest (245 words)

	SirThomas Stamford Raffles
		Raffles was in the middle of discussing with his Malay clerk the reply which he wished to be sent to the ruler of Sambas one of the Malays suddenly came in bearing six durians.
		Raffles was as active as the cockroach which has no tail, doing one thing after another; after tidying the house she would sew and after sewing she would write letters.
		Raffles had been living for three or four months in Malacca he had sent out letters with presents to the rulers of all the Malay States to the west and to the east.
	members.tripod.com /khleo/raffles.htm (3595 words)

	Stamford - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Raffles, Sir Thomas Stamford (1781-1826), British colonial administrator.
		Thomas Stamford Raffles was born on July 6, 1781, at sea off the island...
		They have not forgiven us Stamford Raffles yet, and they cannot forgive us that Malaya appears prosperous and peaceful to them, and their own...
	ca.encarta.msn.com /Stamford.html (100 words)

	Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles
		Thomas Stamford Raffles was born at sea on board a ship Ann on the 6th of July, 1781 off the coast of Jamaica.
		Stamford Raffles was deeply fascinated by the immense diversity of strange animals and plants of the East Indies during his tenure there.
		As Stamford Raffles was well-known in natural history circles, a number of animals and plants have been named in his honour.
	rmbr.nus.edu.sg /history/raffles.htm (595 words)

	HighBeam Encyclopedia - Raffles, Sir Thomas Stamford Bingley (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		RAFFLES, SIR THOMAS STAMFORD BINGLEY [Raffles, Sir Thomas Stamford Bingley] 1781-1826, British East Indian administrator.
		Raffles also reorganized the administration, launched reforms in taxation, abolished forced labor and feudal dues, and provided security of land tenure.
		Raffles was outstanding for his liberal attitude toward peoples under colonial rule, his rigorous suppression of the slave trade, and his zeal in collecting historical and scientific information.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/R/Raffles.asp (294 words)

	InternationalReports.net : Singapore 2002
		Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles, a British East India Company administrator and son of a slave trader, founded modern Singapore in 1819.
		In a bitter irony, Sir Raffle’s widow was ordered by the Court of Directors of the East India Company to repay the Company £10,000 ($15,000) for personal expenses incurred largely during his mission to found Singapore.
		Raffles instituted this practice as an incentive for merchants to use the harbor, and thereafter generations of resident traders were to view it as an almost sacred policy.
	www.internationalreports.net /asiapacific/singapore/2002/singaporesfounder.html (791 words)

	FREE In-depth report - Raffles' Dream - Singapore
		Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles, the lieutenant governor of Bencoolen in 1818, vigorously opposed his government's plan to abandon control of the China trade to the Dutch.
		Raffles, who had started his career as a clerk for the British East India Company in London, was promoted at the age of twenty-three to assistant secretary of the newly formed government in Penang in 1805.
		Raffles, noting the protected harbor, the abundance of drinking water, and the absence of the Dutch, began immediately to unload troops, clear the land on the northeast side of the river, set up tents, and hoist the British flag.
	www.exploitz.com /Singapore-Raffles-Dream-cg.php (816 words)

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	Sir Stamford Raffles
		In August 1811 the expedition, accompanied by Lord Minto, and with Sir Samuel Auchmuty in command of the troops (11,000 in number, half English and half Indian), occupied Batavia without fighting.
		The policy of Raffles was based on the assumption that Java would be retained, but for reasons of European policy it was decided that it must be restored to Holland.
		Sir Frederick Weld, lieutenant-governor at Singapore, when unveiling the statue of his predecessor at that place in 1887, crystallized the thoughts of his countrymen and anticipated the verdict of history in a single sentence: "In Raffles, England had one of her greatest sons."
	www.nndb.com /people/709/000104397 (1151 words)

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		Stamford has grown to become the largest owner/operator of premium quality hotels in Australia and New Zealand, with plans for further expansion into South East Asia and South America in the future.
		Sir Stamford was a gifted visionary of the British Empire in the Far East, being a Lieutenant Governor of Java, and founded Singapore in 1819 on the belief that the island was destined for greatness.
		Sir Stamford Raffles' attributes underpin the core values and objectives of our Group and we hope to carry on his tradition of excellence.
	www.stamford.com.au /page.asp?3653=406009&E_Page=406005 (401 words)

	Thomas Stamford Raffles, Sir Biography / Biography of Thomas Stamford Raffles, Sir Biography
		Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles (1781-1826) was an English colonial administrator, historian, and founder of Singapore.
		Born on July 6, 1781, off the coast of Jamaica on board a ship under the command of his father, Benjamin Raffles, Stamford Raffles became a clerk in the office of the East India Company in London at the age of 14.
		On the trip out, Raffles studied the Malay language intensively, and his proficiency in this then little-known language was remarked upon by those who came in contact with him.
	www.bookrags.com /biography-thomas-stamford-raffles-sir (256 words)

	Raffles: Sir Stamford Raffles and the Founding of Singapore
		Nobody can deny that Raffles founded modern Singapore, but as you said, Singapore was already populated, only thing is it was better known as Temasek.
		The next possession was when Raffles got Singapore itself from the Sultan of Jahore.
		This led to arguments with the Dutch and in 1824 Britain and the Netherlands swapped possessions.
	www.suite101.com /discussion.cfm/east_asian_history/100108 (431 words)

	The creation of Singapore
		Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles, who founded Singapore in 1819, could not possibly have imagined that his new-founded colony was to grow to the prominence of an independent nation.
		Sir George Birdwood categorised the Portuguese conquerors that in 1511 captured the city as a "pack of hungry wolves upon a well-stocked sheep walk".
		Raffles was born into an economically struggling, but still perceivably relatively stable family in 1781.
	www.janhoo.com /skole/university/singapore.html (3093 words)

	Blogging... Walk The Talk: Raffles and the Cannibals
		We've been doing some reading, therefore on the founder, or purported founder of modern Singapore, Sir Stamford Raffles (his primacy in the founding of the city is a matter of some heated debate).
		Some of you well-versed in history may be aware that before (and after, actually) founding Singapore as a British trading factory, Raffles was the Governor of Bencoolen, today known as Bengkulu, on the West coast of Sumatra (the Indonesian island whose northern side most recently was devastated by the Boxing Day tsunami).
		Now Raffles always had a reputation for being a tolerant, liberal visionary, but what I read last night was quite something else.
	www.blogthetalk.com /2005/09/raffles-and-cannibals.html (597 words)

	Raffles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		In the 1880s, a bronze statue of Raffles was placed at the centre of the Padang, the shared playground of the Singapore Cricket Club and the Singapore Recreation Club.
		According to his Obituary, Raffles intended the Institution "to consist of a college, with library and museum, for the study of Anglo-Chinese literature, and of branch schools in the Chinese and Malayan languages" (17).
		Stamford and Sophia had several children, but only one, Ella, survived to her late teens, and she had no issue.
	www.postcolonialweb.org /singapore/history/chew/chew1.html (498 words)

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		Raffles, Sir Thomas Stamford (1781-1826), British colonial administrator, was born on July 6, 1781, on board the ship at sea of the island of Jamaica.
		Raffles, mostly self-educated, entered the service of the East India Company at the age of 14.
		Raffles is remembered for his suppression of the slave trade and his humane treatment of peoples subject to the severe and austere rules of the colonial system.
	gmps5pa23jesss.blogspot.com /2006/04/sir-stamford-raffles.html (274 words)

	Sir Stamford Raffles by Thomas Woolner (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		The original statue has been moved, and a reproduction placed on the river bank overlooking what had been the main harbor in Raffles' time.
		On first seeing Singapore, which was then a small fishing village, Raffles, a particularly forward-looking and benevolent agent of the East India Company, grasped its potential as an entrepot (or trans-shipment) port.
		Some months before his death, the British government refused a pension for Raffles, one the most important, as well as most benign, creators of the British Empire.
	www.victorianweb.org /sculpture/woolner/raffles.html (163 words)

	Singapore Hotel: Raffles Hotel Singapore Official Site, Luxury Hotel in Singapore
		With its restoration and reopening in 1991, Raffles Hotel today stands as a jewel in the crown of Singapore's hospitality industry, renowned and loved for its inimitable style and unsurpassed excellence in service and facilities.
		In multicultural Singapore it is not surprising that the visionary founders of Raffles Hotel were a quartet of enterprising Armenian brothers: Martin, Tigran, Aviet and Arshak Sarkies.
		Raffles Hotel opened in 1887 in a rather sombre-looking old bungalow known as the Beach House.
	www.singapore-raffles.raffles.com (262 words)

	Singapore Tours \| Singapore Tour Guide \| iExplore.com
		Sir Stamford Raffles, a British civil servant, brought the ‘Lion City’ to world prominence after searching for a trading station to counter the Dutch influence in the Straits of Malacca, and trade has remained the island’s mainstay.
		Centuries before Sir Stamford Raffles acquired it from the Sultan of Johor in 1819, Singapore had been virtually abandoned.
		But even in the low-key and cheap areas, Singapore remains an incredibly clean city where nothing is allowed to dull the shine – even down to the banning of chewing gum.
	www.iexplore.com /dmap/Singapore/Overview (602 words)

	Alfian's Secret Wank Shed
		We can imagine Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles, founder of modern Singapore, taking a walk with his trusted scribe, the bilingual interpreter Munsyi Abdullah, down the bank of the Singapore River.
		Sir Raffles is still unused to the tropical heat, the way it is burning the back of his neck and sending beads of perspiration down to sting his eyes.
		Secretly, Raffles is aware of how tenuous his argument is. Piss and fish smell the same in any part of the world.
	alfian.diaryland.com /smell.html (465 words)

	USATODAY.com - Raffles Hotel to become U.S.-owned (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		The 117-year-old Raffles Hotel is perhaps Asia's most famous hotel because of its elegance and its connections with the city-state's colonial past.
		Raffles Holdings' hotels are mostly in large Asian and European cities, including Beijing, Osaka, Amsterdam and Berlin.
		Raffles Holdings is leaving the hotel business because it doesn't want to spend the "significant capital investments" to gain the size needed to compete globally, chairman Cheng Wai Keung said in a statement.
	www.usatoday.com /money/biztravel/2005-07-18-singapore-usat_x.htm?csp=34 (439 words)

	Raffles' Landing Site- Singapore, Singapore - VirtualTourist.com
		Sir Stamford Raffles was born on July 6, 1781 on the ship Ann off the coast of Jamaica.
		Raffles Landing Site is the place where Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles, founder of Singapore, is believed to have landed on Singapore on 29 January 1819.
		Sir Raffles was an agent of the British East India Company, had ventured to Singapore in the hope of establishing a British port and his ambition was to make Singapore a free port and a stopping point for traders along the shortest sea route between India and China.
	www.virtualtourist.com /travel/Asia/Singapore/Singapore-1495679/Things_To_Do-Singapore-Raffles_Landing_Site-BR-1.html (712 words)

	Islamic Book Trust online bookstore - Malaysia's Leading Publishers of Quality Islamic Books in English
		Raffles and Religion: A Study of Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles' Discourse Amongs the Malays
		Raffles and Religion problematizes the heart of Singapore's history by bringing to light the intimate thoughts of its founder which were conveniently lost in Singapore's short history.
		Even though Raffles is a pivotal figure in Singapore's history, not much has actually been written about his thoughts and ideas.
	www.ibtbooks.com /review_9839541390.php (824 words)

	PI ETA Consulting Company - About Singapore
		Raffles sought a base in the south of the Malay Peninsula, to attract trade.
		A treaty was later signed allowing the British to build a settlement on the main island of Singapore.
		Sir Stamford Raffles is therefore thought of as the founder of modern-day Singapore.
	www.pi-eta.com /Footer/Locate_Us/LocateUS_AbtSpore.asp (408 words)

	nusantara:public art: Raffles (dark) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Was originally unveiled on the Padang in 1887 by Sir Frederick A Weld (on the 50th anniversary of Queen Victoria's accession).
		It was surrounded by a semicircular colonnade (in the Italian Renaissance style) which was destroyed after the fall of Singapore.
		"This tablet to the memory of Sir Stamford Raffles to whose foresight and genius Singapore owes its existence and prosperity was unveiled on February 6th 1919, the 100th anniversary of the foundation of the Settlement."
	www.nusantara.com /pasta/home/theartwo/rafflesd.html (157 words)

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