British Bencoolen
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| Bencoolen Residency | |||||
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| • | Established | 1785 | |||
| • | Anglo–Dutch Treaty | 1 March 1824 | |||
| Today part of |  Indonesia |
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British Bencoolen was a British possession in Sumatra based in the area of what is now Bengkulu City. A presence was established in 1685.[1]
Originally a Presidency within British India, in 1785 it was downgraded to Bencoolen Residency and placed under the Bengal Presidency.[2]
On 15 October 1817, Stamford Raffles was appointed Governor-General of Bencoolen. During his time as Governor-General, Raffles enacted major reforms, including the abolition of slavery, as well as creating Singapore to provide a new trading port in the region.
In 1823, Singapore was removed from the control of Bencoolen.[3] Bencoolen was ceded to the Netherlands in the Anglo-Dutch Treaty of 1824.[4]
References[edit]
- ^ Olson JS, Shadle R, editors. Historical Dictionary of the British Empire, Volume 2. page 1074 (at entry for Sumatra). Greenwood Publishing Group, 1996. ISBN 9780313293672
- ^ http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Indonesia.htm#Bencoolen
- ^ The Singapore Legal System - Kevin YL Tan
- ^ Roberts, Edmund (1837). Embassy to the Eastern Courts of Cochin-China, Siam, and Muscat. New York: Harper & Brothers. p. 34.
Categories:
- States and territories established in 1785
- States and territories disestablished in 1824
- British rule in Indonesia
- British East India Company
- Bengal Presidency
- Former British colonies
- 1785 establishments in the British Empire
- History of Sumatra
- 1824 disestablishments in the British Empire
- 1785 establishments in Asia
- 1824 disestablishments in Asia
