The most complete picture to date of the family of Sir Stamford Raffles, founder of SingaporeIncludes previously unknown insights into the lives and backgrounds Raffles’s family, including:OHis father
The letters of Sir Stamford Raffles in the collection of Tang Holdings in Singapore has been transcribed and annotated by the world's foremost expert on Raffles, Dr John Bastin.
Colonel William Farquhar (1774-1839) was a British Colonial Officer who became Commandant of Malacca in 1803, a post through which he was able o indulge his interest in natural history, sending men to
