The+Birth+of+Singapore+-+Info.


 * __Information about the Birth of Singapore__**

[|Here are stamps that have been printed] - useful information here and not too much to read!
 * __Sir Thomas Stamford RAFFLES came to Singapore two times.__ He was from England. He was also the lord of Bencoolen.

In fact it was 1819 January 29.
 * William Farquhar
 * Signed an agreement with a chief - the Sultan's brother because Singapore was under the control of Malaysia or Malaya.
 * Wanted Singapore to be a Straits Settlement of the British East Indian Trading Company.
 * 1819 January 29- Stamford Raffles arrives in Singapore with William Farquhar to establish a trading post for the British.
 * 1819 Febraury - The treaty is signed between Sultan Hussein of Johor, Temenggong Abdul Rahman and Stamford Raffles. Farquhar is installed as a Resident of Singapore.