Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles (b. 6 July 1781, off Port Morant, Jamaica–d. 5 July 1826, Middlesex, England) is known as the founder of modern Singapore. Besides signing the treaty with Sultan Hussein Shah of Johor on 6 February 1819 that gave the British East India ...

Thomas Stamford Raffles (Sir) (b. 6 July 1781, off Port Morant, Jamaica–d. 5 July 1826, Middlesex, England), known as the founder of modern Singapore, was born at sea off Jamaica on 6 July 1781 on board the West Indiaman Ann. The Ann was the ship captained by his ...

Thomas Stamford Raffles (Sir) (b. 6 July 1781, off Port Morant, Jamaica–d. 5 July 1826, Middlesex, England) died at 5 am on 5 July 1826. He was found dead by his wife, Sophia Raffles, at the foot of the spiral staircase in his home, Highwood (later renamed Highwood ...

The statue of Stamford Raffles, sculpted by Thomas Woolner, is a popular icon of Singapore. The statue depicts Raffles, standing tall, arms folded, with an aura of quiet assurance. It was installed on Jubilee Day on 27 June 1887 at the Padang, and relocated to ...

Raffles' Bust, a marble portrait of Sir Stamford Raffles, was originally designed and cast by Sir Francis Legatt Chantrey in 1817. The original was believed to have been destroyed with the sinking of the ship, the Fame in 1824. Copies were however made for the ...

Sir Stamford Raffles (b. 6 July 1781, off Port Morant, Jamaica–d. 5 July 1826, Middlesex, England), the founder of modern Singapore, was the son of a ship’s master, Captain Benjamin Raffles. Raffles married twice. His first wife was Olivia Mariamne Fancourt née ...

Sophia Hull (b. 5 May 1786, London–d.12 December 1858, Middlesex, England) became the second wife of Sir Stamford Raffles, founder of modern Singapore, on 22 February 1817. She bore him five children and is famed for penning his biography, Memoir of the Life and ...

Olivia Mariamne Raffles née Devenish (b. 16 February 1771, India–d. 26 November 1814, Buitenzorg, Batavia, Dutch East Indies) was the first wife of Thomas Stamford Raffles. She met Raffles in London around 1804 when the latter was a clerk in the Secretary’s Office ...

Raffles Lighthouse is located on Pulau Satumu, or “one tree island”, 23 km southwest of Singapore, at the western entrance of the Singapore Straits. Designed by John Bennett, the lighthouse was named after and dedicated to the memory of the founder of modern Singapore, ...

Singapore River communities were people living by or around the Singapore River. In ancient times, Singapore, then known as Temasek, was a fishing village. The orang laut (sea gypsies) were the earliest known inhabitants in Singapore. Later, in the early 1800s, ...