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Raffles, Sir (Thomas Stamford, 1781-1826, Knight, colonial governor)

 Person

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

 Item

Bust of Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles by Francis Chantrey, 1890 - 1899

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 1/89
Scope and Contents

128 x 164 mm. A photographic copy of Sir Francis Chantreys (1781-1841) bust of Raffles.

Dates: 1890 - 1899
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
 File

Correspondence of David Brown, 1801 - 1825

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 103/13
Scope and Contents

26 letters concerning economic development and the management of his estates exchanged between Brown and various correspondents. The collection includes eight letters from Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles. The file also includes a typescript copy of the will of Francis Light.

Dates: 1801 - 1825
Conditions Governing Access: For conservation reasons, this file must be viewed on Microfilm Reel MC46A.
 Sub-Fonds

Letter from Sir Stamford Raffles to Charles Grant, 1815 - 1915

 Sub-Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 63/19
Scope and Contents

A letter from Sir Stamford Raffles in Batavia to Charles Grant, Chairman of the East India Company, 25 October 1815 (3 pages), defending Raffles' administrative record in Java, written before he had received news of the decision to return Java to the Dutch. There is an undated typescript copy of this letter (2 pages) and a photocopy of a second letter, written by Raffles in Singapore to David Brown, 12 November 1822 (3 pages).

Dates: 1815 - 1915
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
 Item

Portrait of Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles by James Lonsdale, 1818, 1890 - 1899

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 1/90
Scope and Contents

91 x 115 mm. Photographic copy of a half length profile portrait of Raffles by James Lonsdale (1777-1839), exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1818. This photograph appears to have been printed in reverse.

Dates: 1890 - 1899
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
 File

Statue of Sir Stamford Raffles, 1919

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/ORCS.2.02
Scope and Contents

Bronze statue. Its base reads 'Sir Stamford Raffles, Founder of Singapore 1819.' Replica of statue of Raffles by Thomas Woolner unveiled in Singapore in 1887.

Dates: 1919
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).

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