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Stamford Raffles. Sir Thomas Stamford Bingley Raffles FRS FRAS (5 July 1781 – 5 July 1826) [1][2] 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. Raffles was involved in the capture of the Indonesian island of Java from the ...
A statue of Sir Stamford Raffles denotes his landing place in 1819, located next to the Empress Place Building. During the colonial era, the Empress Place Building was known simply as Government Offices. The first civic buildings were planned here in Sir Stamford Raffles' day.
Statue of Stamford Raffles in front of the clock tower The Victoria Memorial Hall was officially opened by the Governor of the Straits Settlements, Sir John Anderson , on 18 October 1905. The renovated Town Hall was reopened on 11 February 1909.
Raffles's Landing Site. Coordinates: 1°17′16″N 103°51′2″E. The office towers at Raffles Place on the south bank of the Singapore River serve as a backdrop against Sir Stamford Raffles 's statue located at Raffles' Landing Site on the river's opposite bank. Raffles's Landing Site is the location where tradition holds that Sir Stamford ...
Raffles Place. Raffles Place is the centre of the Financial District of Singapore and is located south of the mouth of the Singapore River. [1] It was first planned and developed in the 1820s as Commercial Square to serve as the hub of the commercial zone of Singapore in Raffles Town Plan. It was renamed Raffles Place in 1858 and is now the ...
Later, Sir Stamford Raffles built his residence there, which was also used by other Residents and Governors. It became known as Government Hill until it was renamed Fort Canning in 1861, when a military fort was built on the site. [1] Today it is the location of both the Fort Canning Reservoir and Fort Canning Park.
The early history of Singapore refers to its pre-colonial era before 1819, when the British East India Company led by Stamford Raffles established a trading settlement on the island and set in motion the history of modern Singapore. Prior to 1819, the island was known by several names; an early reference may be in the 2nd century work by ...
On February 6th 1819, Raffles, Temenggung Abdul Rahman and Sultan Hussein Shah of Johor signed the Singapore Treaty. The Temenggung and Sultan Hussein Shah received a handsome sum of money annually to uphold the agreement. On the day of the signing of the treaty, Farquhar was installed as the first British Resident and Commandant of Singapore.