Sir Stamford Raffles, who was one of the founders of Singapore and of ZSL (Zoological Society of London), died at his home in High Wood Hill Barnet in 1826 aged 44 and was buried in St Mary’s Church Hendon.
To mark the bicentenary of his death (and also of the founding of ZSL) we have researched the story of his life from being born on a ship of the coast of Jamaica to his death in Hendon.
From humble beginnings and little formal education, Thomas Stamford Bingley Raffles spent much of his life in the East Indies, supported free trade and the abolishment of slavery, became a knight of the realm, met Napoleon Bonaparte and died one day before his 45th Birthday in debt to the East Indies Company. Find out more about him in the pamphlet we have produced.