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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 .
- Francis Johnson
- 3 August 1868 – 17 May 1917
- Emma Johnson
- Charles Vyner Brooke
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.
Names. Charles Vyner de Windt Brooke. House. White Rajahs. Father. Charles Brooke. Mother. Margaret Brooke. Sir 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 Rajah of the Raj of Sarawak.
- 24 May 1917 – 1 July 1946 (3rd Rajah)
- Margaret Brooke
Sir Charles Vyner de Windt Brooke (b. Sept. 26, 1874, London—d. May 9, 1963, London) was the third and last “white raja” (1917–46). He joined the Sarawak administration in 1897.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
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.
