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Raffles

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by Victoria Glendinning


  Corinne (de Staël) 161

  Cornelis 86–9, 109

  Cornelius, Major H.C. 134, 166

  Couperus, Abraham 42

  Couperus, Jacob Thomas Raffles 138

  Couperus, Piet 138

  Cranssen, Jacob Willem 97, 116, 145, 149, 166, 180

  Crawford, Captain J.G.F. 212–13, 214, 220

  Crawfurd, John 31

  History of the Indian Archipelago 233–4

  The History of Java 167

  Prambanan and Borobudur papers 192, 193

  on Raffles 111

  Singapore 246, 252, 259, 264, 265, 266, 267, 272, 292

  Yogyakarta 101, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 113

  Cross, Edward 6

  Cross, James 295

  Crossley, Lieutenant 221

  Cuming, Richard and Henry 6

  Currie, Caroline 139

  Curtis, Samuel 6

  Curzon, Lord 59

  D

  Daendels, General Herman Willem 72, 95, 96, 113, 115, 116, 307

  appointment 62

  Harmonie Club 123

  replacement 85

  Yogyakarta 107

  Daniell, William 188, 193, 194

  Dart, Joseph 207, 241, 293

  Darwin, Erasmus 122

  Davis, Captain 251

  Davy, Sir Humphry 160–2, 285, 286

  de Staël, Madame 161, 306

  de Staël, Adele 306

  de Vismes, Gerard 290, 307

  de Wilde, Andries 117

  Dempster, George 19, 20, 21

  Dempster, Captain John Hamilton (Jack) 18, 19, 20–1, 27

  Deshima 137

  Devenish, Olivia Mariamne see Raffles, Olivia

  Devil’s Betel Box 201–3

  Diard, Pierre 304

  Dick (Papuan boy) 149, 155, 162, 191, 234

  Dickens, Charles 5

  Dickens, John 49

  ‘Dirge of the Departed Year’ (Leyden) 34–5

  Don Juan (Byron) 18, 182

  Douglas, Captain 50

  Drake, Mrs J.H. 308

  Drury, Rear-Admiral William O’Brien 57, 76, 79

  Dundas, Charlotta 21

  Dundas, Henry 27

  Dundas, Margaret 27, 28, 43

  Dundas, Philip 20–1, 25, 31, 36, 37, 38, 39, 42–3, 44

  Dutch

  Acheen 223–4

  Bali 143

  East Indies xii, 209, 210, 279, 283

  Japan 137

  Java xiii, 61, 62

  Batavian Society of Arts and Science 121

  British takeover 71–2, 87, 93, 97

  Eurasian wives 140

  Freemasonry 130

  Harmonie Club 123

  land sales 132

  land tenure 110, 111, 114

  local rulers 103

  and Raffles 138, 168, 179, 180

  regained 147, 168, 269

  Malacca 42, 46, 48, 82–3

  Moluccas 59

  Padang 207

  Palembang 99, 205, 207–8

  Rhio 215

  Singapore 218, 220, 221–3, 234, 255, 279

  Dutch East India Company 8

  E

  Earl Talbot (ship) 20–1

  earthquakes 197, 198

  East India Company xii, 8–12, 15, 27, 311–12

  Auber 172–3

  Bencoolen 183–4, 197, 198, 199, 207, 208–9

  Canning dinner 183

  East Indies xiv–xv, 209–10, 228–9

  Fame fire 276, 281, 282

  Farquhar’s Memorial 291–2

  Gillespie 90

  Gillespie’s charges 131–4, 145–6, 154, 171–2

  Japan 136–8

  Java 90, 106, 109, 112–13, 144–5

  and local rulers 65–6

  Malacca 16, 42–3, 44, 53–5

  Minto 59, 61–2

  missionaries 242–4

  Moluccas 59

  museum 187

  Penang 16, 48–9, 51–2, 57–8

  Raffles 183–4

  administration 40

  advancement 16–17

  enters Company 7–8

  Malacca report 54, 55

  personal finances 272, 281–2, 289, 292–4, 298

  resignation 240

  Scots xvi

  ships 12–13

  Singapore 2, 222–3, 235, 242–3, 251

  widows 22

  East India Vade-Mecum (Williamson) 17, 25–6

  East Indies xi, xii–xiii, xvii, 209–11

  Dutch 209, 210, 279, 283

  East India Company xiv–xv, 209–10, 228–9

  Edgeworth, Maria 4

  Edinburgh Review, The 167, 299

  El-Enany, Rasheed 107

  elephants 137

  Elgin Marbles 188

  Elliot, Captain George

  Hussar 127

  Malacca 81

  Minto portrait 126

  Modeste 60, 78, 82, 85

  Palembang 100

  and Raffles 60, 77

  Raffles and Gillespie 124–5, 126

  Samarang 101

  Elliot, John 60, 78, 127

  Elliot, William 60

  Ellis, Henry 187

  Endeavour (ship) 157

  Engelhard, Nicholas 97, 101, 117, 130, 134, 145

  Enterprise (schooner) 216

  Enterprise (steam vessel) 288

  Erskine, Mr 50

  Erskine, William 91

  Etherington, Mariamne 17

  F

  Falck, Anton 180

  Fame (ship) 269, 270–1, 272

  fire xiv, 273–7, 280, 281, 282, 293

  Fancourt, Joseph Cassivelaun 19, 20

  Fancourt, Olivia Mariamne see Raffles, olivia

  Farquhar, Andrew 244

  Farquhar, Lieutenant-Colonel William

  Java 72–3

  Malacca 42, 43, 47–8, 52–4, 55, 80, 82

  Memorial 291–2

  natural history collection 304, 305

  retirement and death 302–4

  St Helena 278

  Singapore

  administration 226, 231–2, 237

  arrival 1, 2, 217, 218, 220

  bungalow 221

  departure for 216

  and Flint 244

  local rulers 222–3

  plans 210, 211, 212, 214, 215

  and Raffles 245, 246–7, 254–5, 259–66, 268, 278

  Singapore Institution 251, 252

  stabbing 256

  Fendall, John 148–9

  Fergusson, Jean 19, 20

  Finlayson, George 252

  Flint, Charles 163

  Bencoolen 231, 232, 267, 271, 272

  in England 284, 285, 301, 305, 306

  Fame fire 275

  in later life 310–11

  Raffles Collection 308

  Flint, Jenny Rosdew 310

  Flint, Maryanne 3

  Bencoolen 231

  Calcutta 229

  Cheltenham 163, 164

  children 186, 281

  death 302

  European tour 177, 183

  fan 179

  Flint’s death 301–2

  Java 94, 96

  letters to 200, 254, 275, 278, 281

  Bencoolen 201, 205

  Charlotte’s birth 196, 198

  children’s deaths 238, 239

  Singapore 244, 272, 283, 291–2

  London 164

  Malacca 65

  marriage to Flint 81

  marriage to Thompson 32

  miniature of 307

  Penang 24, 25, 30, 32, 49, 50, 57, 81, 82

  punctuality 179

  Raffles’ will 291

  returns to England 140

  sees Raffles off 191

  Singapore 232, 237

  and Sophia 164, 169, 192

  Sophia’s letters to 270, 271, 275, 276, 284, 294

  and Cousin Thomas 186

  Flint, Sophie 253, 267, 301, 305–6

  Flint, Stamford Raffles 163, 306

  Flint, Captain William 81–2

>   advice to 241

  Bencoolen 231

  Calcutta 229

  death 301

  Java 120

  portrait 307

  returns to England 140, 163

  Singapore 221, 231, 255, 260–1, 266, 283

  and Crawfurd 272

  and Farquhar 244, 261, 262, 263

  Singapore Institution 251

  tortoiseshell 239

  Foersch, N.P. 122

  ‘Forget-me-Not’ (Olivia Raffles) 139–40

  Fort Marlborough see Bencoolen

  France xii

  Java 61, 62, 68, 85, 87, 88–9

  Napoleonic Wars xii–xiii, 61, 146–7

  Raffles’ European tour 179, 181, 182–3

  Reunion and Mauritius 61

  Frederick, Prince 175

  Freemasonry 130

  Fullerton, Robert 292

  G

  gamelan music 135–6, 168, 307

  Ganges (ship) 25, 26–8, 149–50, 153

  Garnham, Captain 149, 187

  Gentleman’s Magazine, The 298

  George III 92, 157–8

  George IV see Prince Regent

  Georgetown 30, 31–2, 36, 37, 51–2

  Germany 179

  Gillespie, Major-General Robert Rollo

  charges against Raffles 131–4, 146, 154, 159, 171–2

  death 142

  Java 97, 116, 117

  Java invasion 87, 88, 89–90, 109

  leaves Java 127

  Palembang 99, 100

  and Raffles 119–21, 123–5, 126, 144

  slaves 121

  Yogyakarta 105, 106, 108

  Godwin, Mary 182

  Goh Geok Khim 305

  Goring, Mary 20

  Government of India Act 1858 311

  Governor Raffles (ship) 138

  Grant, Charles 146, 235, 242–3, 251

  Great Expectations (Dickens) 5

  Greig, Captain 77, 84

  Grenville, Lord 311

  Grimes, Nurse Mary 196, 200, 208, 239, 241, 254, 289, 290, 310

  Gunong Gede 142–3

  H

  Hahn, Emily 115

  Hall, Captain Basil 138, 159, 168, 185, 299, 303

  Hamengkubuwana II, Sultan of Yogyakarta 102–5, 107

  Hamengkubuwana III, Sultan of Yogyakarta 104, 106, 107

  Hamilton, Duke of 186

  Hamond, Charles 4, 7, 17, 190

  Hamond, Elizabeth 4, 191, 233

  Hamond, Elton 4, 183, 190–1, 232–3, 241

  The History of Java 189–90, 191, 192, 193, 194

  letters to 111, 113, 116, 117–18

  Hamond, Harriet 190

  Harcourt, Countess of 176

  Hardwicke, General 294

  Hare, Alexander 98–9, 133, 151–2

  Harmonie Club 123

  Harrington, Captain Thomas 27

  Hastings, Marquess of 125, 130

  Acheen 213, 224

  Bencoolen 148

  East Indies 209–10, 215, 228–9

  and Gillespie 142

  Gillespie’s charges 171

  Japan 136, 138

  Java 118, 130–1, 146

  Menangkabau 208

  and Moore 21

  Palembang 207, 208, 209

  Penang 228

  and Raffles 146

  Raffles’ personal finances 281

  Singapore 223, 235

  Straits Settlements 283

  Hastings, Warren 13

  Hawkins-Dempster, Charlotte Louisa 18, 20

  Henley-on-Thames xii

  Hero of Malown (ship) 267

  Hickey, William 25, 43, 60, 163

  Highwood House 287, 289–90, 292, 297, 306–8, 310–11

  Hinduism 101, 143–4, 204, 206

  History of the Indian Archipelago (Crawfurd) 233–4

  History of Java, The (Raffles) 145, 165–7, 168–9

  Bali 143–4

  Banks 157

  Beright 111

  Borneo 98

  Dick 162

  Leyden 91

  Marx 112

  Prince Regent 176, 177

  publication 188–9

  reviews 167–8

  Ronggeng 194

  ryotwari system 115

  second edition 189–90, 192, 193, 194, 233

  Somerset 159

  Sophia 299

  temples and antiquities 135

  tiger fights 129

  History of Sumatra (Marsden) 39, 67–8, 156, 166, 167

  Hobson, Mr 50

  Hollamby, William 172

  Holland see Dutch

  Holloway, Charles 206, 207

  Home, Sir Everard 162–3, 170, 290, 296

  Hood, Vice-Admiral Sir Samuel 138

  Hope, Hugh 78–9, 95

  Hornung, E.W. xi–xii

  Horsburgh, James 235

  Horsfield, Dr Thomas

  Bencoolen 200, 205, 206

  Gunong Gede 143

  The History of Java 166

  in later life 302

  letters to 157

  Surakarta 102

  temples and antiquities 134

  Upas Tree 122, 123

  Hull, Emily 301, 302

  Hull, James Watson 163–4, 172, 285

  Hull, Jane 177

  Hull, John Watson 290

  Hull, Nilson 245, 263, 265, 266, 267, 274

  Hull, Captain Robert 231

  Hull, Sophia see Raffles, Sophia

  Hull, Sophia (mother) 163–4, 172, 188, 285, 301, 302

  Hull, Lieutenant William 164, 172, 177, 183, 208, 290, 307

  Hunter, John 162

  Hussar (ship) 127

  Hussein Mahummud Shah, Sultan of Johore 1–2, 217, 219, 221–3

  ‘Hymn before Sunrise, in the Vale of Chamouni’ (Coleridge) 182

  I

  Ibbetson, Robert 16–17, 28

  Illustrious (ship) 79

  Importance of Being Earnest, The (Wilde) 110

  India House 7, 9, 10, 312

  Indian Mutiny 311

  Indiana (ship) 211, 216, 217, 220, 221, 223, 231

  Inglis, Sir Hugh 186–7

  Inglis, Sir Robert Harry 224–5, 286, 291

  Inkle and Yarico 21

  Ireland xvi, 186

  Islam 17, 101, 134, 143

  Island of Java (Stockdale) 122

  J

  Jack, Dr William 212, 214, 215, 222, 226, 229, 231, 244

  Jackson, Lieutenant Philip 247, 248, 252

  Jane Eyre (Bronte) 123

  Janssens, General J.W. 85, 87, 88–9

  Japan 136–8

  Jardin des Plantes 184–5

  Java xi, xiii, 59, 61, 62–4, 65, 68, 257

  administration 93–4, 95–9, 109–10, 118–21

  Amherst, Lord 185

  army 119–21, 133–4

  Banjarmasin Enormity 98–9

  Batavian Society of Arts and Science 121, 136

  currency 115–16, 117, 131

  East India Company 90, 106, 109, 112–13, 144–5

  Eurasian wives 140–1

  Fendall 148–9

  gamelan music 135–6

  Gillespie’s charges 131–4, 145–6, 154, 171–2

  Gunong Gede 142–3

  Harmonie Club 123

  Hero of Malown 269

  history 100–1

  invasion 87–91, 92

  invasion fleet 76–86, 87

  land sales 116–18, 131–2

  land-rent reforms 110–15, 130, 131

  missionaries 243

  Moira 130–1

  Mount Tambora 143

  Palembang 99–100

  puppets 136

  Raffles’ farewell 149–50

  Raffles’ reports 71–3, 83–4

  ronggengs 194

  Serat Bratayuda 166

  slavery 121

  smallpox vaccinations 121

  social life 123–4, 138–9

  Surakarta 101–2, 128

  temples and antiquities xv, 134–5

  Travers’ return
199–200

  Treaty of Paris 147

  Upas Tree 121–3

  VOC 8

  Yogyakarta 101, 102–8, 113, 128–9

  Java Government Gazette 95

  administration 119, 120

  Princess Charlotte 175

  Eurasian wives 140–1

  land sales 116

  Olivia’s illness and death 138, 139

  Raffles’ farewell dinner 149

  Raffles’ health 142

  slavery 121

  social life 101, 123

  Surakarta 128

  temples 135

  Upas Tree 122–3

  war with America 95–6

  Yogyakarta 108

  Johnstone, A.L. 287

  Johor Alum, Sultan of Acheen 36, 213, 224, 225

  Johore 217

  Jones, Sir William 37

  Joseph, George Francis 184, 306–7

  K

  kalunga 142

  Kapital, Das (Marx) 112

  Kedah, Rajah of 80

  Knox, Hon. Charles 301

  Knox, Charlotte Raffles Drury 49, 163, 186, 281, 301

  kris 102, 103, 106, 178–9, 307

  L

  Lady Raffles, The (ship) 184, 191, 192–3, 195, 197

  Lamb, Charles 10, 11

  Lamb, Mary 10

  Language Institution 282

  Lansdowne, Lord 207

  Lawrence, Mr 50

  Leopold, Prince of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha 174, 175–6, 177

  Leslie, Mary see Travers, Mary

  Lewis (servant) 149, 155

  Leyden, John 33, 37

  death 90–2, 122–3

  Java 63–4, 67, 68, 69, 79, 84, 87, 88

  and Olivia 34–6, 49, 139–40

  and Raffles 34, 37–8, 51, 53, 165

  Raffles’ ‘Malayan Nation’ paper 56–7

  Life of Sir Stamford Raffles (Boulger) 300

  Light, Captain Francis 16, 30–1, 44

  Lindeman, Harriet 3

  Lindeman, Rev. John 3, 285

  ‘Lines Written in the Vale of Chamouni’ (Shelley) 182

  Lingga 210

  Linnean Society 6, 203, 285

  Literary Gazette 252

  Liverpool, Lord 92, 95, 288

  Loban, Isabella 302

  Loftie, John Billington 64, 65, 82

  Loftie, Leonora 3, 57, 64, 65, 81, 82, 94, 96

  Lonsdale, James 184

  Lowe, Sir Hudson 150

  Lyde, Anne see Raffles, Anne

  M

  Macalister, Colonel Norman 44, 48, 49, 53, 54, 55, 57–8

  Mackenzie, Lieutenant-Colonel Colin 72–3, 102, 104, 111, 126, 134, 166

  Maclean, Captain Hector 105–6

  McLelland, Charlotte 186, 281

  McLelland, Baron James 186, 281

  McPherson, James 166

  McQuoid, Thomas 36, 302

  Bencoolen 200

  Java 116, 117, 132, 150, 269, 288

  letters to 270, 271

  Maddock, James 6

  Maitland (ship) 278

  Malacca 46–8

  Anglo-Chinese College 243, 250, 252

  East India Company 15–16, 41–3, 44

  Java invasion fleet 64, 65, 81

  Minto 80–2

  Raffles 45, 52–5, 56, 67–75

  Straits Settlements 283

  Treaty of London 279

  Malayan Miscellanies 233

  Malays

  diplomatic letters 69

  history and literature 74–5

  language 28, 34, 37–9, 41

 

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