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May 14, 2018 · 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 High Court of India.
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 decided to berth his schooner there in 1839. After serving in the First Anglo-Burmese War where he was severely wounded in battle, Brooke returned to England in 1825 to recover from his injury.
In 1841, James Brooke became Rajah of Sarawak, establishing a European dynasty that ruled the Bornean state until 1946. The only full-length biography of Brooke ever published, this classic 1879 work was written by Brooke's Private Secretary, whose friendship with Brooke and knowledge of the country offer today's reader a clear feeling for the history of those times.
Jan 5, 2020 · James Brooke’s time in particular was marred by the 1849 Battle of Beting Marau, in which he, with his own Iban army and the help of the British naval forces, killed hundreds of Ibans from the ...
Sep 13, 2008 · Book digitized by Google from the library of the University of California and uploaded to the Internet Archive by user tpb.
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 the request ...
Jun 30, 2023 · James, Rajah of Sarawak, KCB (born James Brooke; 29 April 1803 – 11 June 1868) was a British adventurer whose exploits in areas of the Malay Archipelago led to him becoming the first White Rajah of Sarawak. Early life. Brooke was born in Secrole, a suburb of Benares, India. His father, Thomas Brooke, was an English Judge Court of Appeal at ...
