Person Raffles; Sir; Thomas Stamford Bingley (1781 - 1826) Raffles Thomas Stamford Bingley Sir 1781 - 1826 Male At sea on board the Ann, off Port Morant, Jamaica, West Indies 05 or 06 July 1781 London 05 July 1826

Natural history Career: Entered HEIC service; went to Penang (1805); assisted in the reduction of Java; Lieutenant Governor of Java (1811-1815), when Java was restored to the Dutch; wrote 'A history of Java' (1815); Governor of Bencoolen (1818?); involved in the acquisition of Singapore; returned to England, but a vessel caught fire, destroying his papers, and zoological, botanical and other collections (1824); involved with the foundation of the Zoological Society; discovered in Sumatra the flower Rafflesia Arnoldi; died of apoplexy Honours: Kt 1817 Memberships: FZS (First President) Son of Benjamin Raffles, captain in the West India trade Fellow 20/03/1817 Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB; DSB Notes: DSB gives birth date as 06 July 1781 International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 5 or 6 Jul 1781 - 5 Jul 1826 NA7464 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes http://viaf.org/viaf/66670173 b00e9c3f-8fb6-4d32-ad3c-4aaed076b204