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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 .
May 17, 1917, Cirencester, Gloucestershire), who adopted the surname Brooke, became the second raja. The government of Charles Brooke has been described as a benevolent autocracy. Charles himself had spent much of his life among the Iban people of Sarawak, knew their language, and respected their beliefs and customs.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Charles inherited under the will in 1868, and confirmed the succession in his own will of 1913. On his accession in 1918, his son Vyner (later Sir Charles Vyner Brooke, Rajah of Sarawak) swore to uphold the Will "as forming the constitution of the state". This unique testamentary trust became known as the Sarawak Sovereignty Trust.
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 Brooke encouraged the Sarawak Chamber of Commerce to set up its own shipping lane to Singapore, offering to sell The Royalist to it. In 1875, the "Singapore and Sarawak Steamship Company" was formed and, shortly thereafter, bought The Royalist and the steamer The Rajah Brooke.
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.
