Boustead commissioned Irish civil architect, George Drumgoole Coleman to design his company’s headquarters alongside the Singapore River.
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In 1834, Boustead partnered with German-born merchant, Gustav Christian Schwabe in the Singapore company.
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A pioneer in Singapore’s newspaper industry, Boustead was a co-founder of the Singapore Free Press with architect George Drumgoole Coleman and William Napier.
The paper was founded as Singapore's second English language newspaper by William Napier, Edward Boustead and Walter Scott Lorrain on 1 October 1835 as the Singapore Free Press & Mercantile Advertiser.
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During the 1820s, there were four houses that faced the Padang, what is now the Old Supreme Court Building were two houses built in 1823 houses of Edward Boustead, and the site of the City Hall formerly the houses of Resident Councillor Thomas Church and William Montgomerie who is Residency Surgeon.