Charles Brooke, Rajah of Sarawak

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Charles Brooke
Somerset, England
Died17 May 1917(1917-05-17) (aged 87)
Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England[1]
Burial
St Leonard's Church, Sheepstor on Dartmoor
Spouses
  • Dayang Mastiah
  • ​
    ​
    (m. 1869)​
Issuewith Dayang Mastiah:
  • Esca Brooke-Daykin
with Margaret Alice Lili de Windt:
Names
Charles Anthoni Johnson Brooke
DynastyBrooke Dynasty
FatherFrancis Johnson
MotherEmma Johnson
Military service
Allegiance British Empire
Branch/serviceRoyal Navy
Years of service1842–1856
RankLieutenant
Rajah Charles as depicted on a one cent coin

Sir Charles Brooke, Rajah of Sarawak,

White Rajah
.

Biography

Charles Anthoni Johnson, was born in Berrow Vicarage,

James Brooke, the first Rajah of Sarawak. In addition to Charles, Francis and Emma had other children: Captain John Brooke Johnson
(1823–1868) (later Brooke Brooke), Mary Anna Johnson (b. 1824), Harriet Helena Johnson (b. 1826), Charlotte Frances Johnson (b. 1828), Captain (William) Frederic Johnson (b. 1830), Emma Lucy Johnson (b. 1832), Margaret Henrietta Johnson (1834–1845), Georgianna Brooke Johnson (1836–1854), James Stuart Johnson (1839–1840), and Henry Stuart Johnson (b. 1841).

Brooke was educated at

Rajah of Sarawak, in 1852, took his name, and began as Resident at the Lundu station in the Raj of Sarawak. In the 1857 rebellion against the White Rajah James Brooke, Charles Brooke helped his uncle James put down the rebellion led by Liu Shan Bang with his force composed of Ibans and local Bidayuh tribes. It is noted that Brooke's Iban forces pursued the remaining rebels to Bau
, where they slaughtered the 3,000 villagers including women, children and old folks in a massacre. In 1865, James named Charles as his successor.

Brooke married

Margaret Alice Lili de Windt at Highworth, Wiltshire, on 28 October 1869; she was raised to the title of Ranee of Sarawak with the style of Her Highness on the same day. They had six children, three of whom survived infancy
:

Brooke’s son Charles Vyner Brooke succeeded him as Rajah. He had another son, Esca Brooke (1868–1951), the result of a previous marriage with a Malay woman known as Dayang Mastiah. Esca was later adopted by the Rev. William Daykin, moved to Canada, and took the name Brooke-Daykin.[3] Brooke lost an eye at some point in a riding accident, and allegedly replaced it with a false eye intended for a stuffed albatross.[4]

Brooke resigned his commission in the Royal Navy in 1861

railway
, and oil had been discovered.

All three White Rajahs are buried in St Leonard's Church in the village of Sheepstor on Dartmoor.

Honours

British Honours

At least two Bornean species were named in Brooke's honour:

See also

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References

  1. ^ a b c "Obituaries -- Sir Charles Brooke". The Sun. New York, NY. 18 May 1917. Retrieved 13 June 2015.
  2. ^ Sir Charles Anthony Johnson-Brooke. The Peerage
  3. ISBN 1-55054-603-1
  4. ISBN 978-0-8018-9304-9
    .
  5. JSTOR 41493337
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  6. ^ "The London Gazette". No. 25825. 8 June 1888. p. 3185. Retrieved 22 April 2022.
  7. ^ "Description of a new deer from Mount Dulit, Eastern Sarawak". Annals and Magazine of Natural History.

Further reading

Charles Brooke, Rajah of Sarawak
Brooke family
Born: June 3 1829 Died: May 17 1917
Regnal titles
Preceded by Rajah of Sarawak
1868–1917 		Succeeded by
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