Cession of Singapore to British

Date: November 19, 1824 • Location: London, United Kingdom

Temenggong Abdul Rahman of Johor and Sultan Hussein Shah of Johor ceded the governance of Singapore to the British East India Company.

Abdul Rahman I bin Abdul Hamid I of Johor was the Temenggong of Johor during the Bendahara dynasty of the Johor Sultanate. He was best known of being instrumental in the Treaty of Singapore with the British East India Company in 1819.