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Sir James Brooke, Rajah 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.
Apr 12, 2023 · Sir James Brooke (1803 - 1868) - British adventurer who founded the Raj of Sarawak in Borneo. Photo: Getty Images/iStockphoto. Chris Armstrong looks at the life of Sir James Brooke, the Norwich educated first ‘White Rajah’ of Sarawak and founder of a dynasty, a character who Errol Flynn wanted to play on film.
Aug 18, 2022 · The life of James Brooke (1803-1868) reads more like bad Victorian fiction than history for he was really a rich, bored dropout who somehow – exactly 180 years ago – established a line of...
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Brooke returned temporarily to England in 1847, where he was given the Freedom of the City of London, an honorary doctorate by the University of Oxford, and was created a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath.
His Highness became the center of controversy in 1851, when accusations of misconduct against him linked to the raids against piracy led to the appointment of a royal commission in Singapore. Its investigation did not confirm the charges, but the accusations continued to haunt Sir James. However, that year he was sent to Thailand to negotiate bette...
Throughout his life, Brooke's principal emotional bonds were with adolescent boys, while he is said to have exhibited a total lack of interest in women, although he was briefly engaged during 1833. Among his more notable relationships with boys was the one with Badruddin, a Sarawak prince, of whom he wrote, "my love for him was deeper than anyone I...
A fictionalized account of Brooke's exploits in Sarawak is given in C. S. Godshalk's novel, Kalimantaan. Brooke is also featured in Flashman's Lady, the 6th book in George MacDonald Fraser's meticulously researched Flashman novels; and in Sandokan: The Pirates of Malaysia (I pirati della Malesia), the second novel in Emilio Salgari's Sandokan serie...
The tropical pitcher plant species Nepenthes rajah was named in Brooke's honor by Joseph Dalton Hooker, and the tropical butterfly Raja Brooke, species Trogonoptera brookiana,was named after him by the naturalist Alfred R. Wallace. The Brooke family continued to rule Sarawak until the Japanese invaded during World War II. Brooke's own reputation wa...
Barley, Nigel. White Rajah. London: Little, Brown, 2002 ISBN 9780316859202Brooke, James. The Private Letters Of Sir James Brooke, Rajah Of Sarawak V1: Narrating The Events Of His Life From 1838 To The Present Time. Whitefish, MT: Kessinger, 2007. ISBN 978-1430481072Cavendish, Richard. "Birth of Sir James Brooke." History Today. April 2003, Vol. 53, Issue 4.Jacob, Gertrude Le Grand. The Raja of Saráwak: An Account of Sir James Brooks. K. C. B., LL. D., Given Chiefly Through Letters and Journals. London: MacMillan, 1876.Painting of the Rajah of Sarawak in 1847 by Francis Grant. The son of Thomas Brooke, a wealthy judge in the service of the East India Company, James Brooke was born in Secrore, the European quarter of Benares (also known as Varanasi).
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.
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Jun 20, 2013 · Sir James Brooke was an extraordinary 'eminent' Victorian, whose life was the stuff of legend.His curious career began in 1841 when he was caught up in a war in Brunei which had started...
