Joseph William Torrey
American merchant in Southeast Asia (1828–1885) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Col. Joseph William Torrey, Rajah of Ambong and Marudu, (April 22, 1828, in Bath, Maine – June 22, 1885, in Boston, Massachusetts) was an American merchant, president of the American Trading Company of Borneo and co-founder of the American colony "Ellena" (in present-day Kimanis) together with Thomas Bradley Harris on the island of Borneo. He was known as "Yankee Rajah" and served as a U.S. vice-consul to Siam.[1][2]