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Raffles
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Raf·fles  (rflz), Sir Thomas Stamford 1781-1826.
British colonial administrator who acquired Singapore for the East India Company (1819) and founded a settlement there.
Raffles [ˈræfəlz]
n
(Biographies / Raffles, Sir Thomas Stamford (1781-1826) M, British, POLITICS: colonial administrator) Sir Thomas Stamford. 1781-1826, British colonial administrator: founded Singapore (1819) as a station for the British East India Company
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Noun1.Raffles - British colonial administrator who founded Singapore (1781-1826)
Sir Thomas Raffles, Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles
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Chinatown's history dates back to Singapore's founding as a trading post in 1819 by Sir Stamford Raffles.
TRAVEL: Treasure Island; BEHIND THE BUSTLING EXTERIOR OF SINGAPORE ... by Turner, Andy / Coventry Evening Telegraph (England)
Named after Singapore's founder, Sir Stamford Raffles, it is steeped in colonial history.
Make mine a Singapore Fling by Preston, Steve / Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland)
By contrast there are heroes a-plenty - Stamford Raffles, Admiral Patterson of HMS Cumberland, General Christison, Attlee, Mountbatten, Colonel Widjojoatmodjo Kadir, Gilbert MacKereth (British Minister in Java) and Paul Vogt, whose continued asset as an intelligence source was due to the fact that he was a Swiss citizen.
The Admiral's Baby by Horder, Mervyn / Contemporary Review
 
 
 
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