Raffles may refer to:

Things associated with Singapore

Stamford Raffles Sir Thomas Stamford Bingley Raffles (5 July 1781 – 5 July 1826) was a British Colonial Office, colonial official who served as the List of governors of the Dutch East Indies, governor of the Dutch East Indies between 1811 and 1816 and lieut ...

, founder of Singapore **

Raffles Hotel Raffles Singapore is a historic luxury hotel at 1 Beach Road, in Singapore. It was established by Armenian hoteliers, the Sarkies Brothers, in 1887. The hotel was named after British statesman Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles, the founder of mod ...

in Singapore **

Raffles Place Raffles Place is the centre of the Financial District of Singapore and is located south of the mouth of the Singapore River. It was first planned and developed in the 1820s as Commercial Square to serve as the hub of the commercial zone of Sing ...

, the centre of the Financial District of Singapore **

Raffles Library and Museum The National Museum of Singapore is a public museum dedicated to Singaporean Visual art of Singapore, art, culture and history of Singapore, history. Located within the country's Civic District at the Downtown Core area, it is the oldest museum in ...

, original institution that is now the

National Museum of Singapore The National Museum of Singapore is a public museum dedicated to Singaporean art, culture and history. Located within the country's Civic District at the Downtown Core area, it is the oldest museum in the country, with its history dating back to ...

** Raffles Museum of Biodiversity Research, now part of the Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum in Singapore **Raffles College, now part of the

National University of Singapore The National University of Singapore (NUS) is a national university, national Public university, public research university in Singapore. It was officially established in 1980 by the merging of the University of Singapore and Nanyang University ...

Raffles Institution Raffles Institution (RI) is an independent educational institution in Singapore. Founded in 1823, it is the oldest school in the country. It provides secondary education for boys only from Year 1 to Year 4, and pre-university education for both b ...

, a pre-tertiary educational institution in Singapore ***

Raffles Junior College The Raffles Junior College (RJC) was a junior college in Singapore offering pre-university education. The college was founded in 1982, following a separation from the pre-university section of Raffles Institution (RI). Raffles Junior College ...

, a junior college now merged with the Raffles Institution ** Raffles Girls' School, an all-girls secondary school in Singapore **

Raffles Girls' Primary School This is a list of primary schools in Singapore. Children typically start their primary education in the year they turn seven. Primary education lasts six years, and is compulsory for all Singapore citizens. Primary schools in Singapore are eithe ...

, an all-girls primary school in Singapore

Things associated with the fictional gentleman thief

Literature

* A. J. Raffles (character), a fictional gentleman thief in a series of books by E. W. Hornung **

Raffles stories and adaptations A. J. Raffles (character), A. J. Raffles is a British fictional character – a cricketer and gentleman thief – created by E. W. Hornung. Between 1898 and 1909, Hornung wrote a series of 26 short stories, two plays, and a novel about ...

, based on the series of books by E. W. Hornung *

Raffles (character) Raffles (also known as Lord Lister) is a fictional character who first appeared in a German pulp magazine entitled "Lord Lister, genannt Raffles, der Meisterdieb" ("Lord Lister, called Raffles, the master thief") published in 1908, written by Kurt ...

, a fictional German gentleman thief, also known as Lord Lister, originally with similarities to A. J. Raffles

Movies

* ''Raffles, the Amateur Cracksman'' (1917 film), a silent adaptation starring John Barrymore and Evelyn Brent * ''Raffles'' (1930 film), a sound adaptation starring Ronald Colman * ''Raffles'' (1939 film), another adaptation, starring David Niven * ''Raffles'' (1958 film), a 1958 Mexican crime film * ''Raffles'' (TV series), a 1977 television adaptation starring Anthony Valentine

People

Raffles (surname) Raffles is an English surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Hugh Raffles, English-born anthropologist and writer based in America * Franki Raffles (1955–1994), English feminist social documentary photographer * Mark Raffles (1922– ...

, includes a list of notable people with the surname *Raffles, nickname of

Frank Boucher François Xavier Boucher (October 7, 1901 – December 12, 1977) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player and executive. Boucher played the forward (ice hockey), forward position for the Ottawa Senators (original), Ottawa Senators and New ...

(1901–1977), Canadian ice hockey player and executive

Places

* Raffles, Cumbria, a suburb of Carlisle, United Kingdom *

Raffles Bay Raffles Bay is a bay on the northern coast of the Cobourg Peninsula of the Top End of the Northern Territory of Australia. It is on the lands of the Iwaidja people. It was named in 1818 by explorer Phillip Parker King after Sir Thomas Sta ...

, Northern Territory, Australia *

Raffles Island Raffles Island is an uninhabited island located approximately 4 km to east of the Sparrebugt bay, Liverpool Land, about 20 km north-east of the town of Ittoqqortoormiit, Greenland Greenland is an autonomous territory in the D ...

, Semersooq, Greenland

Animals

Raffles (horse) Raffles was an Arabian stallion foaled in 1926 and imported to the United States by Roger Selby in 1932. Raffles was bred by Lady Wentworth of the Crabbet Arabian Stud. Background Raffles was a son of the Crabbet foundation sire Skowronek ...

, a famous Arabian horse stallion *

Raffles's malkoha Raffles's malkoha (''Rhinortha chlorophaea'') is a species of cuckoo (family Cuculidae). It was formerly often placed in '' Phaenicophaeus'' with the other malkohas, but it is a rather distinct species, with several autapomorphies and sexual di ...

(''Rhinortha chlorophaea''), a species of cuckoo

Business

Raffles (cigarette) Raffles (also known as Players in the United States; now Virginia S by Raffles) was a British brand of cigarettes which was owned and manufactured by Philip Morris USA Philip Morris USA is an American tobacco company. They are a division of t ...

, a cigarette brand made by Philip Morris, discontinued in 2011 *

Raffles City (disambiguation) Raffles City is a group integrated complexes comprising retail, commercial, hotels and convention centre space developed by Singapore-based developer CapitaLand. Raffles City may refer to: China * Raffles City Beijing * Raffles City Chengdu * ...

, the name of several building complexes in major cities *

Raffles Hotel (disambiguation) Raffles Hotel often refers to the historic Raffles luxury hotel, located in Singapore. Raffles Hotel may also refer to: * Raffles Hotels & Resorts, a chain of luxury hotels, including multiple properties that are individually notable: ** Hotel Le ...

, the name of several luxury hotels in major cities

Education

Raffles Christian School Raffles Christian School is an international school in Kelapa Gading, Pondok Indah, and Kebon Jeruk in Jakarta, Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania, between the Indian Oce ...

, in Jakarta, Indonesia *

Raffles University Raffles University, is a private university in Rajasthan Rajasthan (; Literal translation, lit. 'Land of Kings') is a States and union territories of India, state in northwestern India. It covers or 10.4 per cent of India's total geograph ...

, Neemrana, Rajasthan, India

Other

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Raffles v Wichelhaus ''Raffles v Wichelhaus'' [1864EWHC Exch J19 often called "The ''Peerless''" case, is a leading case on mutual mistake in English contract law. The case established that where there is latent ambiguity as to an essential element of the contract, ...

'' [1864] EWHC Exch J19, a leading case on mutual mistake in English contract law * Raffles Haw, a fictional character in ''The Doings of Raffles Haw'', a 1891 moralistic story by A. Conan Doyle * "Raffles", a 1984 episode of the British sitcom ''

Hi-de-Hi! ''Hi-de-Hi!'' is a British sitcom created by Jimmy Perry and David Croft, and produced for the BBC. The programme initially began with a pilot on 1 January 1980 and aired for nine series between 26 February 1981 and 30 January 1988, and starre ...

'' *''Raffles'', variant name of '' Inside Outing'', a video game released in the late 1980s