British Bencoolen
Bencoolen Presidency | |||||
presidency of British Empire | |||||
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History | |||||
- | Established | 1785 | |||
- | Anglo–Dutch Treaty of 1824 | 1824-03-01 | |||
Today part of | Indonesia |
The Bencoolen Presidency was a British possession in Sumatra based in the area of what is now Bengkulu City.
1785 it was downgraded to Bencoolen Residency and placed under Bengal Presidency.[1]
On 15 October 1817 Stamford Raffles was appointed Governor-General of Bencoolen.
In 1823 Singapore was removed from the control of Bencoolen [2] It was ceded to the Netherlands in the Anglo-Dutch Treaty of 1824.[3]
References
- ↑ 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.
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