Index

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

Auber, Peter 102, 209

Augusta, Charlotte (Princess Charlotte of Wales) 8

Ava 152

Bali 15

Bandahara of Pahang 54–55, 58

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

Banten (Bantam) 151, 186, 212

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

Bintan 1, 13

Bishop of Calcutta 83, 85, 193

Blagrave, Charles George 7, 167–68

Bombay 102, 176, 184

Bombay Marine 37, 63, 180, 181, 184, 206

Borneo 14, 15, 16, 28, 29, 68, 93–96, 151, 196, 197

Brooke, James 186, 191

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

Cambodia 13, 50, 68

Canning, George 13, 101, 104, 105, 178, 182, 197, 198, 214

Caramata 95

Carimon Islands see Karimun Islands

Celebes 54, 151

Ceylon 5, 74

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

Cochin China 68, 152, 160

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

Crawfurd, John 160, 168, 215

Criddle, J.S. 29

Croee (Krui) 41, 185

Crossley, Francis 41, 47, 65, 74, 185

Cuvier, Georges 89, 194, 195

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

Discovery 44, 45

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

Enterprize 42, 46

Erskine, John James 108, 200

Fame 136, 185, 211, 215, 217

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

Fendall, John 9, 170

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 Hastings” 93, 140

Fort Marlborough see Bengkulu

free port 50, 122, 152, 161, 216

Freemasons 170–71

French Revolutionary War 2

gambier 51

Ganges 39, 42, 46, 186, 193

Garling, Samuel 41, 185

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

Grant, Charles 9, 157, 214

harbour see Singapore Harbour

Harris, Richard 42

Haslam, Thomas 173

Hikayat Abdullah 192, 216

History of Java 8, 12, 172, 208

Home, Everard 169

Hope 75, 80

Horsburgh, James 173, 184

Horsfield, Thomas 19, 89, 91, 169, 178, 195

Hull, John 143, 174, 208–9

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, Hugh 9, 175

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

Jakarta see Batavia

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

Krui (Croee) 41, 185

Lampung (Lampoon) 15, 17

Lansdowne, Marquess of see Petty-Fitzmaurice, Henry

Leith, George 198

Leopold I (Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld) 8

Leyden, John 176, 199, 210–11

Lingga (Lingen; Lingin) 26, 28, 36–37, 38, 40–41, 48, 54–57, 60, 81, 84

London 4, 6, 51, 101

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

Manley, Nicholas 91, 196

Manna 18–19, 185

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

Minto 29, 44

Moluccas 41, 65, 95, 151

Monterado (Montradak) 94

Moore, Thomas 211

Morgan, John 215

Muntinghe, Herman Warner 17, 170

Nanning 98

Napier, David Skene 76, 190

Napoleonic decrees 5

Natal 19, 213

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

Nias (Neas) 154–57, 213

Nicobar Islands 79

Nightingall, Miles 9, 170

opium 5, 159, 167, 177

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, John 27, 179

Palmer and Co. 137, 177, 179, 191

Pasemah ulu Manna 18–19

Patani 13

Pattison, James 102, 178

Peace of Amiens 19, 105

Pearl, James 42, 119

pepper 19, 213

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

Phipps, John Lyon 110, 201

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

piracy 162, 201

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

Raja Jaafar 26, 46, 48, 179

Rajah Mooda of Rhio (Riau) 54–59, 70, 84, 98

Ralfe, Henry 42, 45, 64, 190

Ramsay, William 105, 166

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

rice 5, 65, 67, 155, 159, 213

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

Royal Society 9, 169, 172

Russia 32, 33, 152, 182–83

Salmond, Francis 17, 173–74, 186, 209, 213

Samanka see Semangka

Sambas 14, 16, 94, 151

Sandwich Islands 33, 183

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

Seton, Archibald 166, 200

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

Siak 26, 27

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

spices 5, 160, 209, 215

St. John’s Island 45, 50, 67

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

Suffolk House 113, 200

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

tapirs 85, 194

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

tin 5, 51, 68

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

Watson, Thomas 112, 201

Wilberforce, William 8, 9, 156

Wolterbeek, Johan Constantijn 28, 30, 98, 179, 191

Yahya 48

Young, James 49, 51, 77, 141