Abdul Rahman (Sultan of Johor) 26, 48, 56–57
Abdul Rahman (Temenggong of Johor/Singapore) 45, 46, 47–48, 57–61, 69, 78, 80, 86, 130–31, 164, 185, 188, 192, 198
Abdullah bin Abdul Kadir (Munsyi Abdullah) 192, 215, 216
Aceh (Acheen) 24, 32, 35, 42, 43–44, 49, 65, 68, 73, 74, 76, 81–83, 96, 110, 112, 141–42, 157, 182, 183, 187
Adam, John 24, 34, 35, 51, 52, 75, 142, 143, 176
Agreement of 30 January 1819: 46–47, 48, 59–61, 198
Agricultural Society of Sumatra 120, 144, 153, 173, 200, 202, 209
Ahmad Najmuddin (Sultan of Palembang) 17, 150–51, 212
American War (1812) 5
Amherst, William Pitt 133, 217
Andaman Islands 79
Anderson, John 192
Anglo-Dutch Convention 1814 (Convention of London) 16, 19, 27, 28, 148
Anglo-Dutch Treaty 1824 see Treaty of London
Augusta, Charlotte (Princess Charlotte of Wales) 8
Ava 152
Bali 15
Bangka (Banca) 5, 18, 29, 32, 52, 150–51, 186, 212
Banks, Joseph 9, 147, 169, 172
Bannerman, John Alexander 25, 30–31, 32, 42, 43, 49, 72–78, 82–83, 96, 107–8, 111, 113, 118, 133, 141, 145–46, 180–81, 182, 187, 192, 193, 199–200
Barakpur 23, 140, 176, 194, 196
Batavia 1, 6, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 67, 68, 70, 81, 94, 109–10, 122, 125, 128, 130, 142, 145, 153, 182, 191
Bathurst, Henry (3rd Earl of Bathurst) 102, 149
Beaumont, J.R. 42
Bebb, John 102
Bencoolen see Bengkulu
Bengal (Presidency of Fort William) 4, 5, 12, 19, 28, 29, 49, 64, 65, 73, 76, 82, 83, 87, 97, 99, 104, 108–10, 128, 152; see also Supreme Government
Bengal Native Infantry 91, 125, 143, 173, 196, 199, 202, 208–9
Bengkulu (Bencoolen; Fort Marlborough) 5, 7–8, 9–12, 13, 14, 17, 18, 21, 22, 65, 73–74, 76, 77, 82, 86–87, 89–92, 96, 98–99, 101, 103–6, 107–9, 112–13, 115–16, 118–20, 124–28, 132, 143–44, 147, 151, 153, 160–61, 166, 171, 185, 194, 195, 196, 198, 202, 206, 209, 212, 213
Bernard, Francis James 42, 125, 186, 189, 204
Bishop of Calcutta 83, 85, 193
Blagrave, Charles George 7, 167–68
Bombay Marine 37, 63, 180, 181, 184, 206
Borneo 14, 15, 16, 28, 29, 68, 93–96, 151, 196, 197
Bruce, Charles Andrew 199
Bugis 19, 26, 28, 29, 31, 37, 54–56, 58
Calcutta 1, 4, 6, 7, 11, 12, 13, 21, 23, 24, 25, 27, 28, 29, 35, 49, 51, 77, 79, 89, 91–92, 104, 107, 110–12, 114, 116, 120, 127, 133, 177, 194, 195, 202
Canning, George 13, 101, 104, 105, 178, 182, 197, 198, 214
Caramata 95
Carimon Islands see Karimun Islands
Champa 68
Charlotte, Duchess of Somerset see Seymour, Charlotte
Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (queen consort of George III) 8, 217
China trade 13–14, 17, 23, 24–25, 33–34, 35, 45, 50, 53, 66, 68, 72, 78, 88, 140, 151–52, 157, 159–60
Chinese in Singapore 46, 51, 67–68, 88, 122, 148, 164
Cobb, James 102
coffee 5
Convention of London 1814 (Anglo-Dutch Convention) 16, 19, 27, 28, 148
Coombs, John Monckton 35, 42, 43, 74, 82–84, 183, 187
Coromandel 126
cotton 159
Couperus, Abraham 191
Crawford, J.G.F. 37, 45, 180, 181, 184, 206
Criddle, J.S. 29
Crossley, Francis 41, 47, 65, 74, 185
Daik 37
Dart, Joseph 198
defences of Singapore 48–49, 53, 63–65, 68, 74, 82, 87, 91–93, 186; see also military forces for Singapore
Diard, Pierre 89, 178, 194, 195
Dowdeswell, George 81
Dundas, Phillip 199
Dutch colonialism 1, 5, 13–41, 44–50, 52, 54–55, 57–61, 66–72, 74–75, 77–82, 84, 87–88, 94–100, 103–106, 109, 115, 120, 122–123, 125, 129, 131, 140, 142, 145, 148–151, 154, 156–157, 160, 162, 164, 170–171, 174–176, 178–183, 188–194, 198, 206, 210, 212, 226, 228–230, 233, 235
Dutch East India Company 66, 212
Duvaucel, Alfred 89, 178, 194, 195
East India Company 1, 4, 5, 6–7, 8–9, 13, 15, 18, 19, 48, 61, 78, 89–90, 101–3, 105–6, 108, 116, 125, 136–38, 149, 161, 165, 172, 184, 196, 197, 214; see also Secret Committee
Elliot, Gilbert (1st Earl of Minto) 4, 5, 166–67, 168, 170, 191, 203, 207
Engelhard, Nicolaus 170
Farquhar, Robert Townsend 105, 197, 198
Farquhar, William 24–27, 30, 33, 34, 36, 37, 38, 42, 44–47, 52, 56, 59, 60, 64–66, 68, 70, 74, 79, 80, 82, 84, 86, 92, 93, 96–98, 124–31, 164, 178, 179, 180, 182, 185, 187, 188, 190, 191, 193, 194, 196, 197, 204, 205
Favourite 107, 110, 111–12, 118, 202
Flint, Mary Ann 119, 187, 203–4, 209
Flint, William 119, 125, 186, 203–4, 210
Flint, William Charles Raffles 119, 204
Fort Cornwallis see Pinang
Fort Marlborough see Bengkulu
free port 50, 122, 152, 161, 216
Freemasons 170–71
French Revolutionary War 2
gambier 51
George IV (Prince Regent 1811–20) 8, 138, 171
Gillespie, Robert Rollo 6, 7, 8, 9, 102, 165–66, 167, 168, 170, 177, 186, 194, 209, 212
Gogra River 12
Government Hill see Singapore Hill
harbour see Singapore Harbour
Harris, Richard 42
Haslam, Thomas 173
History of Java 8, 12, 172, 208
Home, Everard 169
Horsfield, Thomas 19, 89, 91, 169, 178, 195
Hull, Robert 119, 132, 143, 204, 208
Hull, William 21
Hussain Muhammad Shah (Tengku Long; Sultan of Johor) 37, 47, 48, 55–56, 58–61, 68–69, 72, 78, 86, 130–31, 164, 185, 188–89
Inderapura 19
India, British Government of see Supreme Government of India
India Board of Control 101–2, 105, 178, 182, 197, 198
Indiana 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 49, 51, 86, 119–20
Indrabongso 55
Inglis, Robert Harry 175, 194, 200
Investigator 27, 44, 180, 184, 206
Isle de France 5
Jack, William 42, 90, 112, 119, 180, 185, 194, 195, 199, 209, 213
Jauhar al-Alam Syah (Sultan of Aceh) 187, 190, 208
Java 4–7, 9, 10, 12, 13, 16, 20, 21–22, 24, 31, 34, 78, 89, 100, 102, 104–5, 122, 136, 137, 149–51, 156, 159, 165, 166, 167, 170, 186, 191, 193
Jenkinson, Robert Banks (2nd Earl of Liverpool) 177–78
Johnson, Jeremiah Martin 142, 208
Johor 26, 28, 30, 32, 33–34, 35–37, 38–39, 41, 45–48, 52–70, 71–72, 79–80, 98, 183
Johor Lama (Old Johor) 35, 46, 54, 60, 188
Kadawang 95
Kalambajang 16
Karimun Islands (Carimon Islands) 32, 33, 34, 36, 37, 39, 40, 41, 44, 45, 47, 52–53, 67, 98, 182, 184
Koek, Adriaan 188
Lansdowne, Marquess of see Petty-Fitzmaurice, Henry
Leith, George 198
Leopold I (Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld) 8
Lingga (Lingen; Lingin) 26, 28, 36–37, 38, 40–41, 48, 54–57, 60, 81, 84
Loudoun, 6th Countess of (Flora Mure-Campbell; Marchioness of Hastings) 4, 137, 138, 171, 207
Macassar 151
Mackenzie, William Gordon 127–28, 206–7
Madras 102
Madras Native Infantry 180, 183
Mahmud Badr’uddin 212
Mahmud Shah (Sultan of Johor) 36, 47, 55–56, 58–59
Mahummud Shah see Mahmud Shah
Malacca see Melaka
Malay Annals 211
Malay archipelago 15, 18, 79, 89, 96, 101, 104–5, 120, 182, 195, 201
Malay language 47, 61, 161, 164, 185, 209, 215
Malay states 19, 25, 28, 30–32, 35, 37, 48, 49, 52, 55, 66–68, 79, 105, 122, 148, 151, 201
Malays in Singapore 31, 46, 63, 216
Malta 136–38
Mampawah (Mempawa) 94
Manila 162
Maratha Confederacy 12, 201, 204, 208
Marsden, William 16, 21, 22, 24, 35, 46, 47, 79, 169
Matan 95
Maxfield, William 29, 39, 42, 45
McQuoid, Thomas 145, 202, 209–10
Melaka (Malacca) 13, 16, 22, 24–25, 27, 28, 30, 31, 33, 37, 52–55, 67, 70, 76, 78, 79, 80, 82, 85, 96, 97–98, 164, 179, 191, 207
Melaka Straits see Straits of Melaka
Mercury 42
Middleton, Thomas Fanshaw (Bishop of Calcutta) 83, 85, 193
military forces for Singapore 32, 49, 64–65, 71, 73, 77, 82, 87, 91, 125; see also defences of Singapore
Minangkabau (Menangcabau) 19–20, 49, 54, 98–99, 156, 175, 178, 197
Minto, 1st Earl of see Elliot, Gilbert
Monterado (Montradak) 94
Moore, Thomas 211
Morgan, John 215
Muntinghe, Herman Warner 17, 170
Nanning 98
Napoleonic decrees 5
natural history 9, 19, 85, 89–90, 120, 147, 169, 194, 195
Nautilus 7
Nearchus 29, 39, 41, 42, 44, 46, 193
Netherlands see Dutch colonialism
Nicobar Islands 79
Padang 16, 19–20, 22, 98–99, 122, 125, 147, 154, 156, 175, 197
Pagarruyung (Pageruyong) 19, 175
Pahang 26, 30, 54–55, 57, 58, 60, 185
Palembang 15, 16, 17, 18, 21, 99–100, 150–51, 174, 186, 212
Palmer and Co. 137, 177, 179, 191
Pasemah ulu Manna 18–19
Patani 13
Perak 98
Petrie, William 108, 180, 200–201
Petty-Fitzmaurice, Henry (3rd Marquess of Lansdowne) 8, 121–23, 210–11
Phillips, William Edward 83, 107–8, 110, 111, 113–15, 145, 180–81, 198–200
Pinang (Prince of Wales Island; Fort Cornwallis) 1, 13, 24, 25–26, 27, 29–32, 35, 40, 42, 44, 49, 51, 56–57, 64–65, 67, 70, 71, 75, 78, 79–83, 86–87, 92, 102, 105, 107–11, 113–16, 118, 128–30, 133, 145, 148, 164, 178, 179, 180, 183, 187, 192, 193, 198–200
Point Romania 36
Pontianak 14, 15, 16, 26, 94–95, 151
population of Singapore 50, 68, 82, 87, 88, 122, 148
port of Singapore 39, 48, 62, 67, 72, 77, 78, 82, 88, 97, 122–23, 145, 148, 152, 158–59, 161–62, 196, 205, 215, 216; see also Singapore Harbour
Prince of Wales Island see Pinang
Prince Regent (later George IV) 8, 138, 171
“Protest” (1818) 17–18, 100, 101, 107, 174
public works in Singapore 64–65, 88; see also defences of Singapore
Pulau Penyengat 26, 37, 46, 47
Raffles, Mary Ann 119, 187, 203–4, 209
Raffles, Olivia Mariamne (née Devenish) 172, 191
Raffles, Sophia (Lady Raffles, née Hull) 19, 20, 21, 22, 112, 145, 176, 187, 193, 195, 199, 204, 209, 210, 211
Rajah Mooda of Rhio (Riau) 54–59, 70, 84, 98
Revenge 138
Riau (Rhio) 1, 13, 16, 24, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 32, 33–36, 38–41, 46, 48, 50, 52–61, 67, 69–70, 72, 75, 80–82, 84, 98, 141, 151, 164, 188, 192
Ricketts, Charles Milner 24, 89, 96, 108–9, 143, 168, 177–78
Rochester 119
Ross, Daniel 37, 39, 45, 52, 62, 67, 69, 184, 189
Salmond, Francis 17, 173–74, 186, 209, 213
Samanka see Semangka
Scott, Walter 139
Secret Committee (EIC) 2, 14, 15, 18, 20, 27, 103, 106, 179, 192, 198, 214
Semangka (Simangka, Samanka) 15, 16, 17, 98, 173
sepoys 41, 42, 46, 64, 73, 77, 82
Seymour, Charlotte (Duchess of Somerset) 8, 15, 16, 18, 22, 24, 28, 29, 79, 88, 118–21, 133, 172–73, 178
Seymour, Edward Adolphus (11th Duke of Somerset) 8, 172
Siam (Thailand) 13, 28, 50, 67, 68, 70, 88, 94, 152, 158–60, 214, 215
Simangka see Semangka
Singapore Harbour 34–36, 39, 45, 50, 53, 61–63, 69, 72, 87, 88, 189; see also port of Singapore
Singapore Hill (Government Hill) 48, 63, 93, 139, 140, 204
Singapore River 45, 63, 93, 186, 215
Singapore, settlement layout of 86–87, 93
Somerset, Duchess of see Seymour, Charlotte
Stanmore 83
Stewart, Robert (Lord Castlereagh) 101, 149
Straits of Johor 46
Straits of Melaka 1, 13, 23–24, 27, 28, 32, 34, 35, 36, 37, 48, 49–50, 51–53, 66, 79, 97, 140, 177
Straits of Singapore 14, 25, 27, 32, 35, 39, 50, 68, 71, 79, 88
Straits of Sunda 13, 15, 17, 39, 95, 99, 196
Substance of a Memoir on the Administration of the Eastern Islands 112
Sumatra 5, 13–20, 21–24, 27, 28, 29, 41, 50, 79, 85, 89, 98, 101–2, 104–5, 107, 112, 120–22, 133, 136, 137, 147–48, 154–56
Supreme Council of India 6–7, 24, 166, 167–68, 170, 176, 177, 178
Supreme Government of India 4, 5, 6–7, 9, 19, 21, 22, 24, 27, 28, 30, 31, 32, 37, 40, 41–42, 45, 48, 52, 71, 73, 76, 77, 78, 81, 82, 84, 91, 93, 94, 104, 113, 120, 124, 132, 137, 138, 158, 164, 166, 192, 193, 196, 198, 205, 213
Tapanuli (Tappanooly) 115, 116, 154, 206, 213
Tayler, John 88, 145–46, 193–94
tea 33
Temenggong (Tummungung) of Johor/Singapore 55, 57–61, 69, 80; see also Abdul Rahman (Temenggong)
Tengku Long see Hussain Muhammad Shah (Sultan of Johor)
Terengganu 13
Thailand see Siam
Thomsen, C.H. 216
Timmerman Thijssen, Jan Samuel 30, 78, 82, 191–92, 193
Travers, Thomas Otho 110, 111, 120, 124, 126–28, 187, 196, 202, 203, 204, 205, 206, 208
Treaty of Friendship and Alliance (1819) 47–48, 61–62, 72, 78, 80, 83, 185
Treaty of London (1824) 171, 190, 192, 202, 207
Tromp 179
Tuhfat Al-Nafis 48
Tummungung see Temenggong
Udney 21
Van Boekholtz, Jacob d’Arnaud 26
Van der Capellen, G.A.G.P. 17, 110, 174
VOC see Dutch East India Company
Wallich, Nathaniel 195, 199, 216
Wilberforce, William 8, 9, 156
Wolterbeek, Johan Constantijn 28, 30, 98, 179, 191
Yahya 48