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Mar 30, 2018 · Brooke did however admit to an illegitimate son, whose mother’s identity was never revealed, and to whom he left money in his will. As successor as Rajah be appointed his sister’s son, Charles Johnson, who changed his surname to Brooke. Though James Brooke was still active in fighting pirates in the early 1860s, his health was by then failing.
Brookes of Sarawak: The White Rajas. Three generations of Brooke family members—known as the “White Rajahs”—reigned as Kings of Sarawak from 1841 to 1946. The founder and first monarch of the dynasty was adventurer James Brooke. Born into an established Anglo-Indian family, he left the East India Company’s army due to an injury, and with his father’s inheritance purchased the ...
May 14, 2018 · Sir James Brooke. Sir James Brooke (1803-1868) was a British empire builder and the first "white ruler" of Sarawak, Borneo. Founder of a dynasty, Brooke ruled with integrity, justice, and a sympathetic understanding of the indigenous population. James Brooke was born on April 29, 1803, in Benares, India, son of Thomas Brooke, a judge of the ...
Sep 16, 2011 · 1839 James Brooke arrives in Kuching on the Royalist carrying a message of thanks and presents from the Governor of Singapore to Rajah Muda Hassim in Sarawak. He returns later and at.
James Brooke came from stock which had produced a seven teenth century lord mayor of London. His father and uncle were civil servants in the East India Company, and James lived until aged 12 near Benares on the Ganges in British India where he was born in 1803. Brooke himself entered the military service of the Company
Apr 8, 2017 · Brooke did however admit to an illegitimate son, whose mother’s identity was never revealed, and to whom he left money in his will. As successor as Rajah be appointed his sister’s son, Charles Johnson, who changed his surname to Brooke. Though James Brooke was still active in fighting pirates in the early 1860s, his health was by then failing.
James Brooke, the founder of the Raj. The Raj was founded by James Brooke, an English adventurer who arrived at the banks of the Sarawak River and berthed his schooner there in 1839. [6] After serving in the First Anglo-Burmese War where he was severely wounded in battle, [7] [8] Brooke returned to England in 1825 to recover from his injury.
