You mightiness come upward across Raffles hotels around the world, 13 of them (in 2019) at destinations such as: Dubai; Istanbul, turkey; Jakarta, Indonesia; Mecca, Saudi Arabia; Paris, France; Warsaw, Poland; the Republic of Seychelles together with Singapore. Raffles started inwards Singapore.
Raffles Hotel, Singapore. Photo past times Elisa.rolle from Wikipedia.
Raffles Hotel, Singapore
Raffles Hotel is withal a landmark inwards Singapore, on Beach Road, which was originally a beachfront Road, earlier Singapore started expanding.
Raffles Hotel is withal a favourite goal for those wanting to endeavor Singapore Sling where it was invented, inwards Raffles Bar. (You tin sack likewise endeavor Singapore Sling on Singapore Airlines.)
Singapore Sling.
Raffles. White Statue. Singapore. Photo from Wikipedia.
Sir Stamford RafflesRaffles, the man, is a story of a rollercoaster life. He did a peachy bargain to position Singapore on the map. The outlines of the port were established, together with the segregated quarters yous tin sack withal encounter today, Chinatown together with Little India.
Covered Ways
Under Raffles' management came the covered famous v human foot way, sheltering pedestrians walking inwards both directions to operate past times each other, protected from the Sun together with rain, amongst room to operate past times a trolley carrying goods inwards both directions.
Covered ways receive got lately been extended to embrace world walkways inwards Singapore, starting amongst high traffic areas, betwixt the MRT stations together with world housing blocks (HDBs) together with schools.
Raffles Hotel
The one-time Raffles hotel has been refurbished together with extended together with thence it at 1 time contains numerous shops together with eating areas where yous tin sack consume at diverse speeds together with prices. The sleeping accommodation blocks receive got been separated. Such is the popularity of the hotel, that yous receive got to mass a guided tour.
Raffles Statues
Statues of Raffles tin sack live seen inwards the hotel together with other points of the city. Near Raffles Hotel inwards Singapore is the Raffles Place MRT (underground railway - inwards the suburbs becoming overground).
1 Bronze statue inwards front end of Victoria Theatre past times the Padang (green).
ii White marble statue on the waterfront.
Sir Stamford Raffles' Life
Raffles led together with upward together with downward life. After moderate success he reached what many would consider his high point, establishing together with governing the novel port.
His root married adult woman died. You tin sack encounter her grave inwards the Botanical gardens he founded.
He remarried. However, for him things did non terminate well. His children, iii of them, died inwards the East.
On the means dorsum to England, he lost his goods inwards a burn on board ship. The send was inwards dock, together with thence the people survived, only the precious document were destroyed.
His solely miss died on the eventide of her wedding.
He was involved inwards a courtroom illustration virtually loss of coin together with had to pay a huge sum, together with his reputation was damaged.
It looked similar he had lost everything, his treasured worldly possessions, his money, his daughter, descendants, reputation.
However, after he died, his widow (the 2d wife) fought tirelessly to receive got his reputation re-established. He was cleared of wrongdoing.
Posthumous Success
What did he larn out behind?
1 The foundation of Singapore.
ii London zoo.
3 The Botanical Gardens inwards Asia.
Now the hotel named after him is earth famous. His get upward is the prototype of luxury together with success together with history. His statues are inwards Singapore together with his get upward is known worldwide.
I receive got visited the hotel inwards Singapore many times, earlier together with after the latest refurbishment. I visited the hotel's museum together with saw the phase play performed inwards the hotel.
More recently, I receive got taken photos of his statues inwards Singapore, inwards the hotel together with exterior Victoria home together with on the waterfront.
Raffles inwards London, England
I likewise made a pilgrimage to his forgotten together with unassuming burial identify inwards a church building inwards Hendon. The church building vicar would non let the trunk to live buried inwards the church, because Sir Stamford Raffles had been anti slavery together with the vicar's identify unit of measurement made their coin inwards slavery. Years later, the church building was extended, the trunk was found together with identified equally beingness that of Raffles, together with a plaque was inserted inwards the flooring of the church.
I had been hoping for something more. But at to the lowest degree I had found it.
Books together with Background Research
I root read the mass virtually him when I was a fellow member of the Friends of The Museum inwards Singapore which had written report groups virtually the history of Asia.
What an extraordinary life he led! What a horrific yet inspiring story of ups together with downs. If yous desire to know more, watch Raffles Hotel inwards Singapore, depository fiscal establishment stand upward for out the other Raffles hotels. Look inwards Wikipedia for a quick summary together with when yous receive got fourth dimension read the paperback books virtually his life.
He died inwards 1826 aged solely 44.
LATEST NEWS
Raffles Hotel was featured inwards the cinema Crazy Rich Asians inwards 2018.
The hotel is beingness renovated, due to re-open inwards mid 2019, taking bookings for August 2019. The gift store on 3 Seah Street is open.
What To See
LONDON, ENGLAND, UK
1 Statue of seated Raffles, life size, on a cylinder plinth. In Westminster Abbey, London, England.
ii Plaque on flooring of St Mary's Church, Hendon, London, England.
SINGAPORE
1 Bust of Raffles inwards Raffles Hotel, Singapore.
ii Statue exterior Victoria Theatre.
3 Statue on waterfront.
Raffles City, MRT station, Singapore. Photo past times Angela Lansbury. Copyright.
SINGAPORE
Names To Note
Raffles Place (MRT station)
Stamford Way (street inwards Singapore).
BOGOR, WEST JAVA, INDONESIA
Monument to Raffles' root wife, Olivia, inwards Bogor Botanical Gardens, Bogor, Republic of Indonesia (previously called National Botanical Gardens) West Java.
Useful Websites
Raffles Hotel, Singapore
raffleshotel.com
Raffles Hotels
https://www.raffles.com/
Singapore Airlines (Raffles shape is concern class)
singaporeair.com
Books
The Duke of Puddle Dock
In The Footsteps of Stamford Raffles past times Nigel Barley. (See Amazon together with Ebay.)
https://www.amazon.com/Duke-Puddle-Dock-Footsteps-Stamford/dp/0805019685
U.K. Travel
visitbritain.com
visitbritainshop.com.
SINGAPORE TRAVEL
visitsingapore.com
INDONESIA TRAVEL
indonesiatouristboard.com
Author
Angela Lansbury, go author together with photographer, author together with speaker.