Charles Vyner Brooke
Sir Charles Vyner deWindt Brooke (born September 30, 1874 in London , † May 9, 1963 in London) was the third and last of the white Rajas of Sarawak ( North Borneo ).
Life
Charles spent his youth in Borneo as the son of the second white Raja, Charles Johnson Brooke . He was his father's aide-de-camp from 1897 to 1898 and vice president of the Supreme and General Council from 1904 to 1911 . On February 21, 1911, he married Sylvia Brett , the daughter of Lord Esher . By George V he was awarded the title on June 22, 1911 Highness awarded. During World War I , Brooke served incognito as a simple soldier in an air defense unit.
On May 24, 1917 Charles Vyner Brooke succeeded his father on the throne of Sarawak. Due to the booming oil industry in Sarawak, it was possible for him to modernize his country. Sarawak's vast forest area and oil reserves were the personal property of the Brooke family (as it is in Brunei today). On June 3, 1927 Brooke was by King George V as a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George in the knighthood raised.
Brooke was expelled with his family to Sydney , Australia by the Japanese Army in World War II in 1942 and returned to Sarawak in 1945. The rule of the White Rajas of Borneo ended in 1946 when Charles Vyner Brooke gave his land of Sarawak to the British Crown, making it a British Crown Colony . In return he received a substantial pension for himself and his three daughters. His nephew and heir Anthony Walter Dayrell Brooke, the son of his brother Bertram Willes Dayrell Brooke, was initially against this decision. In 1951, however, he renounced any claim to the Sarawak crown.
Charles Vyner Brooke died in London on May 9, 1963 , four months before Sarawak joined the Federation of Malaysia .
Honors
Sir Charles Vyner Brooke is shown on the postage stamp from Sarawak, Mi.
Web links
- ↑ Knights and Dames: BED-BUG at Leigh Rayment's Peerage
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Charles Johnson Brooke |
Raja of Sarawak 1917-1946 |
Anthony Walter Dayrell Brooke (only titular, since British crown colony) |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Brooke, Charles Vyner |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Brooke, Sir Charles Vyner deWindt (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English ruler of Sarawak (North Borneo), third and last of the white Rajas |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 30, 1874 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | London |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 9, 1963 |
| Place of death | London |