Sir Thomas Stamford Bingley Raffles

(1781-1826)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Raffles, Thomas Stamford, Sir, 1781-1826 NRA: Raffles Sir Thomas Stamford (1781-1826) Knight colonial governor DNB: Raffles, Sir (Thomas) Stamford Bingley (1781–1826), colonial governor and founder of Singapore LBT ID: ThRaffl1826 VIAF ID: 66670173 LOC ID: n81097180	B/BAP: 1781-07-06 DIED: 1826-07-05
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An official of the East India Company, he was governor of Java and the founder of Singapore.
REFERENCES TO Sir Thomas Stamford Bingley Raffles: Robert Southey to Grosvenor C. Bedford, 5 October 1816 in The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850) Found 1: ¶ 1 Sydney Smith to Sir George Philips, Late 1829 in A Memoir of the Reverend Sydney Smith. By his Daughter, Lady Holland. With a Selection from his Letters, edited by Mrs. Austin 2 vols (London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1855) Found 1: ¶ 3 Charles Cuthbert Southey, The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850) Ch. XXI. 1816 Saba Holland, A Memoir of the Reverend Sydney Smith. By his Daughter, Lady Holland. With a Selection from his Letters, edited by Mrs. Austin 2 vols (London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1855) Letters 1829