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Sir Charles Brooke, Rajah of Sarawak, GCMG ( Charles Anthoni Johnson Brooke; 3 June 1829 – 17 May 1917), born Charles Anthoni Johnson, ruled as the head of state of Raj of Sarawak from 3 August 1868 until his death. He succeeded his uncle, James Brooke, as the second White Rajah .
A museum intended to showcase Sarawak’s cultural and natural diversity was initiated by Rajah Charles Brooke in 1888. Its first collection had been assembled by naturalist Hugh Brooke Low. Charles took great pride in the new institution, which aspired to be ‘second to none in the East’.
The Borneo Company provided military support to the White Rajahs during crises such as the Chinese uprising. One of the company steamships, the Sir James Brooke, helped recapture Kuching. Rajah Charles formed a small paramilitary force, the Sarawak Rangers, to police and defend the expanding state.
Charles Vyner Brooke had been attempting to persuade doctors from the Straits Settlements to serve in Sarawak but the response had been cold. The medical service continued under Japanese occupation. There are few records regarding the development of dentistry in the 1900s.
Charles Brooke (Reigned 1868–1917) The second Rajah consolidated the state he inherited from his uncle and further extended its boundaries. He created the first government departments, incentivized commerce and international trade, and fomented Chinese immigration. Culture and inquiry greatly improved with the opening of the Sarawak Museum.
22 de abr. de 2010 · In the “Concluding Remarks” appended to his journal for 1853–63, published in London in 1866 as Ten Years in Sarawak, Charles Brooke gave his support to the unfashionable idea of miscegenation between Europeans and Asians.
Building Authority: Charles Brooke, Legitimacy and the Built Environment in Sarawak, 1865-1907. John Walker. This paper explores the second Rajah of Sarawak's search for, and expression of, authority following his accession to the rulership in 1868. Charles Brooke's succession was highly contentious, even if, ultimately, uncontested.
