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    Sir James Brooke, Rajah[note] of Sarawak KCB (29 April 1803 – 11 June 1868), was a British soldier and adventurer who founded the Raj of Sarawak in Borneo...
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    White Rajahs (redirect from Brooke Raj)
    Southeast Asia, from 1841 to 1946. Of British origin, the first ruler, James Brooke was granted the province of Kuching – which was known as Sarawak Asal...
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    finance reconstruction after World War II. Rajahs of Sarawak: James Brooke (1841–1868) Charles Brooke (1868–1917) Charles Vyner Brooke (1917–1946) v t e...
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    Sarawak from 3 August 1868 until his death. He succeeded his uncle, James Brooke, as the second White Rajah. Charles Anthoni Johnson was born in Berrow...
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  • were at odds with one another, which led to some friction between them. James Brooke, an English explorer, learned that Hashim, the monarch of Sarawak, had...
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    United States visited the country. His reign saw the British adventurer James Brooke becoming the White Rajah of Sarawak. When his father, Sultan Muhammad...
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    the flag of Brunei, although Brunei's yellow is of a brighter shade. James Brooke, the first White Rajah sailed from England in Dec of 1838, on The Royalist...
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  • James Brooke (1803–1868) was the first White Rajah of Sarawak. James Brooke may also refer to: James Brooke (journalist) (born 1955), American journalist...
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  • Kent, plotter against James I Sir Henry Brooke, 1st Baronet (died 1664), English soldier and Sheriff of Cheshire Henry Brooke (Irish politician) (1671–1761)...
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    perspective. Pengiran Salleh was cunning, as James Brooke admitted in his notebook. Moreover, James Brooke was also aware of his inventiveness and lofty...
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    Jason Desmond Anthony Brooke FRAS (born 22 April 1985) is the grandson of the last Rajah Muda of Sarawak, Anthony Walter Dayrell Brooke, and a prominent representative...
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    James Anson Otho Brooke VC (3 February 1884 – 29 October 1914) was a Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award...
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  • Henry James Brooke (1771–1857) was an English crystallographer. Brooke was the son of a broadcloth manufacturer, born in Exeter on 25 May 1771. He studied...
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    formed from a series of land concessions acquired by the Englishman James Brooke from the Sultan of Brunei. Sarawak was recognised as a sovereign state...
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  • by C. S. Godshalk offering a fictionalized account of the exploits of James Brooke in Sarawak on Borneo. The novel won the 1998 Art Seidenbaum Award for...
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  • starring Jonathan Rhys Meyers as the British soldier and adventurer James Brooke (1803–1868), the first White Rajah of Sarawak. The film also features...
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    Francis Charles Johnson, a clergyman and Emma Frances Brooke, an elder sister of James Brooke. James took John on a long cruise around the Mediterranean...
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    Bruneian Empire began to decline. The Sultanate ceded Sarawak (Kuching) to James Brooke and installed him as the White Rajah, and it ceded Sabah to the British...
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  • Sarawak James Brooke (born 1955), American journalist Jocelyn Brooke (Jocelyn Bernard Brooke), writer Sir John Arthur Brooke, 1st Baronet of the Brooke Baronetcy...
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    James Bettner Brooke (born February 21, 1955, in New York City) is an American journalist who currently serves as editor in chief of the Ukraine Business...
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    Brooke Ellen Bollea (born May 5, 1988), better known by her stage name Brooke Hogan, is an American television personality and singer. The daughter of...
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  • Anthony Walter Dayrell Brooke (10 December 1912 – 2 March 2011) was appointed the Rajah Muda of Sarawak (heir apparent; Malay: Yang Amat Mulia Tuan Rajah...
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    Margaret, Lady Brooke, Ranee of Sarawak (born Margaret Alice Lili de Windt; 9 October 1849 – 1 December 1936) was the Ranee of the second White Rajah of...
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    be the next Singapore. The island became a Crown Colony in 1848 with James Brooke appointed as the first governor and commander-in-chief, with William...
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    under the influence of the Bruneian Empire in the 16th century. In 1839, James Brooke, a British explorer, arrived in Sarawak. He, and his descendants, governed...
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    Sir Charles Vyner Brooke, Rajah of Sarawak, GCMG, full name Charles Vyner de Windt Brooke (26 September 1874 – 9 May 1963) was the third and last White...
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    adventurer James Brooke arrived in the region to find the Sultan of Brunei in a desperate attempt to suppress a rebellion against his rule. Brooke aided the...
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    Rupert Chawner Brooke (3 August 1887 – 23 April 1915) was an English poet known for his idealistic war sonnets written during the First World War, especially...
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    the 16th century. In 1839, James Brooke, a British explorer, first arrived in Sarawak. Sarawak was later governed by the Brooke family between 1841 and 1946...
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    Edge of the World, a biographical picture of the British explorer Sir James Brooke, as well as the lead role in the movie American Nights, a neo-noir thriller...
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