|Sir Stamford Raffles| AKA Thomas Stamford Bingley Raffles
Birthplace: Caribbean Ocean Location of death: London, England
Cause of death: unspecified Remains: Buried, St. Mary
Churchyard, Hendon, London, England Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight Executive summary: Founder of
Singapore English administrator, the founder of Singapore, was
born on the 5th of July 1781 on board a merchantman commanded by
his father, Benjamin Raffles, when off Port Morant, Jamaica. He
received his early education at a school at Hammersmith, but
when only fourteen he obtained temporary work in the secretary's
office of the East India Company. In 1800 he was appointed
junior clerk on the establishment. In 1805 the East India
Company decided to make Penang a regular presidency, and sent
out a governor with a large staff, including Stamford Raffles,
who was appointed assistant-secretary. On the eve of his
departure he married Mrs. Fancourt (Olivia Mariamne Devenish),
widow of a surgeon on the Madras Establishment;