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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after World War II. Rajahs of Sarawak: James Brooke (1841–1868) Charles Brooke (1868–1917) Charles Vyner Brooke (1917–1946) "Sarawak as a British Crown...
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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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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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Pengiran Muda Hashim (section Arrival of James Brooke)
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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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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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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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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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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Bintulu (section Brooke dynasty)
village within the Bruneian Empire prior to annexation by Rajah James Brooke in 1861. Brooke later built a fort there in 1862. In 1867, the first General...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Brooke is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Alan Brooke, 1st Viscount Alanbrooke (1883–1963), British Chief of the Imperial General...
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previous White Rajah, James Brooke being unmarried. The Astana was built for her as a wedding present by her spouse. Ranee Margaret Brooke was described in...
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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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Brooke Jaye Mueller (born August 19, 1977) is an American actress. Mueller was born and raised in upstate New York. Her father, Allen Mueller, worked as...
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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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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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