Raffles

E131982
family name human surname

Raffles is a surname most famously associated with Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles, the British statesman and founder of modern Singapore.

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Label Occurrences
Raffles canonical 2

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf family name ⓘ
human ⓘ
surname ⓘ
associatedWith British colonial history ⓘ
Singapore ⓘ
Southeast Asia ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1781-07-06 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1826-07-05 ⓘ
employer British East India Company ⓘ
ethnicGroup British ⓘ
familyName Raffles self-linksurface differs ⓘ
fullName Thomas Stamford Raffles ⓘ
surface form: Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles
givenName Thomas ⓘ
hasMonument Raffles Statue at Boat Quay, Singapore ⓘ
surface form: Statue of Stamford Raffles in Singapore
hasNamesake Raffles City Singapore ⓘ
Raffles Hotel Singapore ⓘ
Raffles Institution ⓘ
Raffles Lighthouse ⓘ
Raffles Museum of Biodiversity Research (former name of Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum) ⓘ
Raffles Place ⓘ
Rafflesia ⓘ
surface form: Rafflesia (genus name honoring Raffles)
honorificPrefix Sir ⓘ
influenced development of Singapore as a major port city ⓘ
knownFor establishing Singapore as a British trading post in 1819 ⓘ
interest in natural history and botany ⓘ
promoting free trade policies in Singapore ⓘ
languageOfOrigin English ⓘ
middleName Stamford ⓘ
notableBearer Thomas Stamford Raffles ⓘ
surface form: Stamford Raffles
notableFor Lieutenant-Governor of Bencoolen ⓘ
Lieutenant-Governor of Java ⓘ
founder of modern Singapore ⓘ
occupation colonial administrator ⓘ
statesman ⓘ
placeOfBirth off the coast of Jamaica ⓘ
placeOfDeath London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
positionHeld Lieutenant-Governor of Bencoolen ⓘ
Lieutenant-Governor of Java ⓘ
religion Protestantism ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
spouse Sophia Hull ⓘ
workLocation Java ⓘ
Singapore ⓘ
Southeast Asia ⓘ

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Thomas Stamford Raffles → familyName → Raffles ⓘ
Raffles → familyName → Raffles self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Stamford Raffles