Many people said that John Crawfurd was the founder or Singapore as he was the one who signed the treaty in August 1824. In my opinion, I think that Sir Stamford Raffles was the founder of Singapore. Mainly because he was the first to arrive at Singapore and start a port. Although Sang Nila Utama might had been the first one. But there were not must evidence to support that he is the founder. Hence, I think that Sir Stamford Raffles is more likely to be the one who founded Singapore. His first came to Singapore and thought that it was suitable as a port as it has natural advantages such as an excellent harbour and a good supply of drinking water. Although Farquhar did a lot for Singapore, he still wasn't the founder as he was just doing his part to help Raffles take care of the island. Without Raffles, he wouldn't be taking over Singapore. And Raffles was actually able to take over Singapore but he had to go back to Bencoolen where he was appointed the Lieutenant-Governor. So he had no choice and had to give up Singapore and let Farquhar take over.
