What position did Raffles hold in Bencoolen between 1818 and 1824?
Governor-General
Lieutenant-Governor
British Governor
Colonial Secretary
Answer
Stamford Raffles served as the Lieutenant-Governor of Bencoolen between 1818 and 1824. Bencoolen was a British colony on the island of Sumatra, which later became part of modern-day Indonesia.
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