Memoir of the life and public services of Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles



Digitised Book 3.136.37.52 (0)

1991

Memoir of the life and public services of Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles

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In this memoir, Lady Sophia Raffles traces Raffles’ career from his humble beginnings as junior clerk in the East India Company’s offices in London to his becoming Lieutenant-Governor of Java and of West Sumatra. The memoir also detailed Raffles' founding of Singapore and his laying down the regulations for its government from 1818 to 1824.

Subjects

Raffles, Thomas Stamford, Sir, 1781-1826 Colonial administrators--Singapore--Biography Colonial administrators--Great Britain--Biography Colonial administrators--Indonesia--Java--Biography

Categories

History Raffles, Thomas Stamford, Sir

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Creators
Raffles, Sophia, Lady, 1786-1858
Subject
Raffles, Thomas Stamford, Sir, 1781-1826
Colonial administrators--Singapore--Biography
Colonial administrators--Great Britain--Biography
Colonial administrators--Indonesia--Java--Biography
Publisher
National Library Board Singapore, 1991
Oxford University Press, 1991
Digital Description
application/pdf, ill., port.
Table of Contents
Chapter I. Early life of Mr. Raffles -- Chapter II. Raffles proceeds to Calcutta -- Chapter III. Account of the Eastern Islands -- Chapter IV. Lord Minto’s anxiety as to the passage from Malacca to Batavia -- Chapter V. Expedition to Palembang -- Chapter VI. Difference of opinion between Colonel Gillespie and Mr. Raffles -- Chapter VII. General Nightingall appointed to relieve General Gillespie -- Chapter VIII. Domestic afflictions -- Chapter IX. Mr. Raffles hears he is to be relieved in the government -- Chapter X. Mr. Raffles appeals to the Court of Directors -- Chapter XI. Sir Stamford Raffles determines to penetrate into the interior of the country -- Chapter XII. Sir Stamford Raffles at Bencoolen -- Chapter XIII. Sir Stamford's arrival at Bencoolen -- Chapter XIV. Sir Stamford returns to Bencoolen -- Chapter XV. Sir Stamford did not succeed in introducing more economical and simple mode of government for the Eastern Islands -- Chapter XVI. Sir Stamford devotes himself to his favourite pursuits, builds a house in the country -- Chapter XVII. Sir Stamford forms an establishment on the Island of Nias for the suppression of slavery -- Chapter XVIII. Arrival at Singapore -- Chapter XIX. Arrival at Bencoolen -- Chapter XX. Sit Stamford lands at Plymouth -- Sit Stamford lands at Plymouth -- Letter from Dr. Horsfield -- Catalogue of zoological specimens -- Prospectus of Zoological Society -- Correspondence with Messrs. Diard and Duvaucel -- Appendix.
Copyright
All rights reserved. Oxford University Press, 1991