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4 unusual facts about Raffles


Jessie Bateman

She joined Gerald du Maurier in 1906 as Gwendoline Conran in Raffles at the Comedy Theatre, which ran for 351 performances, perhaps her greatest success to that date.

Mangkunegara II

At the time of Raffles ruled Java replaced Janssens, Sultanate Yogyakarta threatened dibubarkan.Campur Mangkunegaran hands with Legion Mangkunegaran successfulto prevent the dissolution of the Sultanate with the completion of the founding of the Duchy Paku Alaman.

In the two periods of the Governor-General (Daendels and Raffles), Yogyakarta suppressed with military force to compel Hamengkubuwono II down tahta.Di December 1810 Daendels with troops 4200 soldiers stormed Yogyakarta.Daendels reduce Hamengkubuwono II and then raised the son of the Crown of Yogyakarta as Hamengkubuwono III and returned to Batavia with the Prince Natakusuma as tawanan.Pada month replacement in July 1812 with 2,000 soldiers stormed the Raffles Yogyakarta.

Raffles, Gentleman Thug

Playing cricket against the world famous W. G. Grace, cheating him and then beating him up in the toilets


117th IOC Session

The session was held at the Raffles City Convention Centre, which is on level 4 of the Raffles City complex.

Arab Street

When Raffles was planning the outline of areas to be allocated for the government, as opposed to commercial and residential use, a community of Bugis seamen and merchants were already near the Sultan's palace.

Coral catshark

The coral catshark was first described by an anonymous author, usually referred to English zoologist Edward Turner Bennett, in the 1830 Memoir of the Life and Public Services of Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles.

Eastwood City

Including Non-BPO employers, As Emperador Distllers Inc, Filway Marketing Inc, Raffles & Co Inc, Fonterra, Toei Animation, McCormick & Company, &, Alliance Global Inc the total number of jobs created in Eastwood City is more than 30,000, claims developer Megaworld Corporation.

Edmund W. Barker

Barker was educated at Serangoon English School and Raffles Institution, before going on to Raffles College (a predecessor institution of the present-day National University of Singapore) in 1940.

Esplanade MRT Station

The underpass linking CityLink Mall and Suntec City Mall had been closed since 2003 to facilitate the construction of the station and pedestrians had to use a temporary covered overhead bridge to cross Raffles Boulevard.

Fort Canning

"We have lately built a small bungalow on Singapore Hill where, though the height is inconsiderable, we find a great difference in climate. Nothing can be more interesting and beautiful than the view from this spot. The tombs of the Malay Kings are close at hand, and I have settled that if it is my fate to die here I shall take my place amongst them: this will at any rate be better than leaving my bones at Bencoolen…" - Raffles in a letter to William Marsden in 1823.

Goh Sin Tub

Goh also won a scholarship to study at the prestigious Raffles College (a predecessor of the National University of Singapore) and graduated with a BA in English.

H. G. Pelissier

In April 1907 Pelissier's 'Follies' transferred to the Royalty Theatre in London, where he produced a five minute 'potted-play' called 'Baffles: a Peter-Pan-tomine', based on 'Raffles' and 'Peter Pan'.

Inside Outing

The player controls a thief, named "Raffles" in some versions of the game and "Devon Aire" in others, who must explore a large mansion looking for valuables, while avoiding the various hostile creatures that inhabit the house.

Inspector Mackenzie

Occasionally he and Raffles work together, such as in the short story The Gift of the Emperor in which the two cooperate to recover a pearl from a German emissary on the orders of the Foreign Office, thereby saving the British government from an embarrassing scandal.

Moat Mount Open Space

In the mid nineteenth century the field was part of the park of Highfield House, which was then owned by Lady Raffles, the widow of Stamford Raffles.

National Library, Singapore

It moved to a separate Library and Museum Building in 1887 under the name of Raffles Library as part of the Raffles Museum, before moving to the Stamford Road premises in 1960 under the name of the National Library of Singapore.

Raffles Cup

Named for Sir Stamford Raffles, founder of Singapore, the Raffles Cup is the second leg of the Singapore Triple Crown.

Raffles Hotel, Perth

It is not known where that inn was located but it was possibly a predecessor of the 1896 Canning Bridge Hotel, near the bridge on its western (Applecross) side—which was remodelled in 1937 as the present Raffles Hotel.

Raffles International Christian School

Raffles International Christian School is an international school in Pondok Indah (Main Campus), Kelapa Gading and Kebon Jeruk (Branch Campuses) in Jakarta, Indonesia.

Raffles International College Bangkok

Raffles International College, Bangkok is a campus of Raffles Education Corporation, offering international degrees in both design and commerce programs recognized by the Australian and Singapore government.

Raffles Medical Group

2002: Raffles Hospital was officially opened by then Deputy Prime Minister Mr Lee Hsien Loong on 16 March.

Rocket from the Crypt

The band also gained a reputation for a series of interesting and, at times, seemingly ludicrous gimmicks and stage antics which included holding raffles during live performances, spinning a large game show wheel to determine set lists, onstage fire breathing, annual Halloween and New Year's shows, and the wearing of coordinated and progressively more ornate stage costumes.

Sally Grace

Her other TV credits include Sorry! ("Does Your Mother Know You're Out?"), Raffles ("The First Step"), The Ruth Rendell Mysteries ("From Doon With Death") and starred in some episodes of Coronation Street.

Sardon Haji Jubir

At Raffles, he formed a Malay literary association with friends including Aziz Ishak, Hamid Jumaat, and Ahmad Ibrahim and contributed articles on the Malays and their plight to Warta Malaya, a leading Malay newspaper in Singapore.

Technology Trust

CTT's raffles platform launched in May 2001 with the support of Oxfam, Guide Dogs for the Blind, Barnardo's, PDSA and the National Trust.

The Amateur Cracksman

In the final story The Gift of the Emperor, Raffles is called into service on behalf of the Foreign Office who wish to recover a valuable pearl from a German diplomat staying in England.

The Doings of Raffles Haw

The Doings of Raffles Haw (1891) is a novel by Scottish author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.


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