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Sir James Brooke, Rajah [note] of Sarawak KCB (29 April 1803 [3] – 11 June 1868), was a British soldier and adventurer who founded the Raj of Sarawak in Borneo. He ruled as the first White Rajah of Sarawak from 1841 until his death in 1868. Brooke was born and raised during the Company Raj of the British East India Company in India.
Brooke Raj, (1841–1946), dynasty of British rajas that ruled Sarawak (now a state in Malaysia) on the island of Borneo for a century. Sir James Brooke (b. April 29, 1803, Secrore, near Benares, India—d.
Jan 5, 2020 · Jason Brooke, a sixth-generation descendant of James Brooke, the first Rajah, is looking to preserve the state’s heritage and his family’s identity
Independent Hollywood film makers Rob Allyn and Simon Fawcett, travelled to Kuching with Brooke Trust Director Jason Brooke, to announce the upcoming feature film biopic on the life of the first Rajah, James Brooke.
Sep 22, 2020 · James was born on April 29, 1803, in Sacrone, Benares to Judge Thomas Brooke and his wife Anna Maria. The family returned to England where James was educated at King Edward VI Grammar School in Norwich and later enrolled in the Honourable East India Company Military School in Assiscombe, Surrey.
Though James Brooke was still active in fighting pirates in the early 1860s, his health was by then failing. He retired to Britain, suffered several strokes and died in 1868. Here were to be two further White Rajahs – his nephew Charles (reigned 1868-1917) and the latter’s son Vyner (reigned 1917-1946).
The son, (Reuben) George Brooke, has been traced on a British census return for 1871, at the parish of Plumtree, Nottinghamshire, where he gave his name as "George Brooke," age "40," birthplace "Sarawak, Borneo." George Brooke was married and had seven children, three of whom survived their infancy.
