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Sir Thomas Stamford Bingley Raffles
b.6 Jul 1781 Port Morant, Jamaica
d.5 Jul 1826 Middlesex, England
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m. Feb 1817
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Sir Stamford Raffles, founder of Singapore, was the son of a shipmaster, Captain Benjamin Raffles. Raffles' first wife was Olivia Mariamne nee Devenis. She bore him no children. After her death, he remarried. Of the five children from his marriage to Sophia Hull, Ella Sophia alone survived infancy. Raffles died on 5 July 1826, the day before his 45th birthday. For more information, see the EN Wikipedia article Stamford Raffles. References
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