Lady Sophia died on 12 December 1858, aged 72 in England. He brought back artefacts from Java and Sumatra and was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society and was knighted in 1817. What he learned and collected helped to inform his A proponent of free trade, Raffles opposed the monopolist policies that had been imposed under Dutch rule, and sought to implement reforms – including against the practice of slavery – which, he believed, would improve the conditions of life for people in Java. Last week, I was fortunate to be able to attend the opening of the British Museum exhibition, In the employ of the East India Company from the age of fourteen, Raffles had a relatively humble education, but his great intellectual curiosity brought him into the company of well-known scholars including Dr John Leyden (1775-1811) and William Marsden (1754-1836). Selected at an early age to conduct the government of the British conquests in the Indian ocean, by wisdom, vigour, and philanthropy, he raised Java to happiness and prosperity unknown under former rulers. (After his early death from a brain tumour, Raffles’ grave in Hendon remained unmarked, allegedly due to the hostility of a vicar who objected to Raffles anti-slavery campaigns.)
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Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles (1781-1826) was an English colonial administrator, historian, and founder of Singapore. The Malay Peninsula and the Indian subcontinent were both free of Dutch interference. L'hôtel Raffles est un hôtel de Singapour. For much of August and early September, the Society’s internet connection was seriously disrupted due to an external network fault with our supplier, Virgin Media. After all, we might have reason to hope that future generations will be forgiving about our sins, too.This free exhibition is open until 12 January 2020, and I encourage our readers to go and see the wonderful objects that attest to the rich cultural history of Java and Sumatra.The Society’s lecture series resumes this week, with a lecture at 6.30pm on Thursday 26 September, when Dr Stefan Halikowski-Smith (Swansea University) will speak on “Two Missionary Accounts of Southeast Asia in the Late Seventeenth Century”. Governor of Java and first President of the Zoological Society of London. Ardently attached to science, he laboured successfully to add to the knowledge and enrich the museums of his native land, in promoting the welfare of the people committed to his charge, he sought the good of his country, and the glory of God.He was the son of Captain Benjamin Raffles and his wife Anne (Lyde) and was born on his father’s ship off the coast of Jamaica. Singapore (1822–1823) The Plan of the Town of Singapore, or more commonly known as the Jackson Plan. d.1695 The extent to which conquering powers across history sought to understand, appreciate, and promote the merits of other cultures, has varied widely – and indeed, has varied even within the course of individual empires. They travelled to Penang in Malaya but his wife died of a tropical disease in Java in 1814.Raffles wrote a two volume history of Java, and discovered the temple of Borobudur. He died on 5th July 1826 of a brain tumour and was buried at St Mary’s Church, Hendon.Items he brought to London are in the British MuseumThe Raffles family collection of letters and papers is at the British Library.You are surrounded by history at the Abbey, not like a museum where it’s just displayed, but here you are standing where history has happened. Raffles was survived by his second wife Sophia Hull and daughter Ella, and predeceased by his other four children in Bencoolen.

His second wife was Sophia Hull but three of their children died within six months of each other and his son William died in 1822. Sir Stamford Raffles Raffles’ belief in free trade is perhaps best reflected in the history of Singapore, which he did much to shape.
He is known as the "Father of Singapore". Copyright © Royal Asiatic Society 2020 At the same time, Raffles was a strong believer in the British Empire, and he was not averse to using military force to defend its interests. Stamford Raffles was the son of a merchant captain, whose employment made him by no means wealthy, and the boy was obliged to support himself from the age of fourteen by pro- curing a situation in the Secretary's office of the East India Company. A luxury hotel there is named after him. We hope you will be able to join us then.Finally, we apologize if anyone has had difficulty contacting us over the Summer. Raffles finally returned to […] Born 1781 Died 1826. Sir Stamford Raffles died on 5 July 1826, the day before his 45th birthday. De style colonial dont il transmet l'héritage, l'établissement est la propriété de Raffles Hotels and Resorts, qui s'est développé à partir de ce site. His name was no other than Sir Stamford Raffles—full-time national hero and part-time sociopath. d.1739 In 1819 he acquired and founded the colony of Singapore. Historique. It is important to point out where our forebears committed mistakes or crimes, but it is equally important to do justice to them when they tried to do good by the light of their own times. Sir Thomas Stamford Bingley Raffles (6 July 1781 – 5 July 1826) was a British statesman, best known for his founding of the city of Singapore (now the city-state of the Republic of Singapore). He was also heavily involved in the conquest of the Indonesian island of Java from Dutch and French military forces during the Napoleonic Wars … The inscription reads:To the memory of Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles, L.L.D.