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2 unusual facts about George Drumgoole Coleman


Edward Boustead

Boustead commissioned Irish civil architect, George Drumgoole Coleman to design his company’s headquarters alongside the Singapore River.

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.


Jean-Marie Beurel

When he was told that there was already sufficient land given to the church, he was said to have bought with his own money a house in Victoria Street that George Drumgoole Coleman had built for H. C. Caldwell, Senior Sworn Clerk who later became Registrar of the Court.


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