Title
Letter from Lady Raffles to the Revd Thomas Raffles
Year/Period
21 Mar 1829
Region
London
Object Type
Material
Technique
Dimension
Object size: 23.0 x 18.7 cm
Accession No.
2019-00259
Collection of
Credit Line
Gift of Tang Holdings Pte Ltd
Lady Sophia Raffles was the wife of Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles, having married him in 1817. This letter is part of a collection of letters written by her to the Revd Thomas Raffles, who was her husband’s cousin. In it, Lady Raffles mentions the death of Captain William Lawrence Flint, Raffles’ brother in law, and the plans for his wife and Raffles’ sister Mary Anne and their daughter to return to England. Flint was Singapore’s first official Master Attendant.
