Who Is The Founder Of Singapore

William Farquhar? (1774-1839) Who’s the founder of Singapore?

Farquhar claimed to be the founder of Singapore
Farquhar’s Millitary and Political Career
Farquhar’s Contributions To Singapore
Let us look under these topics before we conclude: Who is the founder of Singapore? – William Farquhar?

Farquhar claimed to be the founder of Singapore
Farquhar wrote to Raffles and claimed that he should be the founder of Singapore. Farquhar was later dismissed by Raffles in 1823.
Raffles said that he communicated to Farquhar the authority which he invested, to form a settlement.
Farquhar was ruled against by the court of Directors in November 1825, refusing his request to be reinstated.
Who is the founder of Singapore? – William Farquhar?

Farquhar’s Millitary and Political Career Who is the founder of Singapore? – William Farquhar? Soldier,17 Participated in campaigns 1792 and 1793 Promoted Lieutenant took part in the British Capture of Malacca from the Dutch -1795 Promoted from chief of staff 1798 Promoted Commandant 1803,29 Chosen Resident and commandant Napoleonic War 1818

By 1807, Farquhar had found an ally in Raffles
Their positions were reversed due to the British expenditure to capture Dutch Java in 1811.
Farquhar performed several military task for Raffles.
Raffles was then designated to Resident and Commandant of Malacca in 1814 by General Lord Hastings.
Farquhar was regarded as Raja of Malacca.

Farquhar’s Contributions To Singapore
Without entering into the argument of who did more, it is clear that while the objectives and initiatives were from Raffles, the actual operations and implementation were left to Farquhar , in his capacity as British Resident and Commandant of Singapore.
Farquhar had to play the role of mother and nurse to the infant (Singapore) during it’s first four years.

Who After William Farquhar?
William Farquhar was later replaced by another Scotsman, John Crawfurd (1783-1868)

Conclusion
In spite of the burdens that Farquhar took for
the first four years, it was told that Farquhar
set to work at once to implement Raffles
instructions.

Some historians of Singapore have tried to redress the balance. Ironically, it was a formal Raffles Professor of history , Dr Ken Tregonning, who championed Farquhar at Raffles’ expense. Who is the founder of Singapore? – William Farquhar?

Acknowledgements are from the literature, culture and society of Singapore: The man who Raffles Left Behind: William Farquhar (1774 – 1839)
Done By, Hui Yu (2D) , 2008, TWSS

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Who Is The Founder Of Singapore

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