The Family of Sir Stamford Raffles

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“[This book] casts new light on personages in the Raffles story who were previously only part of the supporting cast. We learn of Raffles’s father, Captain Benjamin Raffles, who died in poverty despite a once-successful seafaring career; we are given insight into Raffles’s relationships with his mother, his siblings, and his children; and we learn more about Raffles’s two wives, Olivia Mariamne Devenish and Sophia Hull, including what happened to the latter after the death of her husband. This book plays an important role in drawing out what is known of the people closest to Raffles throughout his life – people who played a crucial part in shaping the character of Singapore’s founder, and in a sense contributing to the larger history of Singapore”—Foreword.