British dynasty which founded and ruled the Raj of Sarawak (1841-1946)
This article is about the White Rajahs of Sarawak. For the White Rajah of Maluka in southern Borneo, see Alexander Hare. For the book by Nigel Barley, see Nigel Barley (anthropologist).
For other European man sometimes referred to as Rajah, see James Erskine Murray, Joseph William Torrey, and Gustav Overbeck.
Rajah of Sarawak
Coat of arms
HH Sir James Brooke, 1st Rajah of Sarawak
Details
Style
His Highness
First monarch
James Brooke
Last monarch
Charles Vyner Brooke
Formation
1841
Abolition
1946
Residence
The Astana, Kuching
Appointer
Hereditary
Pretender(s)
John Brooke Johnson Brooke, Anthony Walter Dayrell Brooke
The White Rajahs were a hereditary monarchy of the British Brooke family, who founded and ruled the Raj of Sarawak, located on the north west coast of the island of Borneo, from 1841 to 1946. The first ruler was Briton James Brooke. As a reward for helping the Sultanate of Brunei fight piracy and insurgency among the indigenous peoples, he was granted the province of Kuching, which was known as Sarawak Asal (Original Sarawak) in 1841 and received independent kingdom status.
Based on descent through the male line in accordance with the will of Sir James Brooke, the White Rajahs' dynasty continued through Brooke's nephew and grandnephew, the latter of whom ceded his rights to the United Kingdom in 1946. His nephew had been the legal heir to the throne and objected to the cession, as did most of the Sarawak members of the Council Negri.
The WhiteRajahs were a hereditary monarchy of the British Brooke family, who founded and ruled the Raj of Sarawak, located on the north west coast of...
Western Australia. Payne, Robert (1960) The WhiteRajahs of Sarawak, Robert Hale. Pybus, Cassandra (1996) 'WhiteRajah: A Dynastic Intrigue' University of Queensland...
Brooke, Rajah of Sarawak, GCMG, full name Charles Vyner de Windt Brooke (26 September 1874 – 9 May 1963) was the third and last WhiteRajah of the Raj...
the famous Iban Dayak rebel during the first two WhiteRajahs in Sarawak" [unreliable source?] Rajah Brooke; the Englishman as ruler of an eastern state...
as well as on account of her status, which she shared with the other WhiteRajahs, of being at once a British subject and an Asian monarch. Born Margaret...
History of Sarawak under its Two WhiteRajahs, 1839-1908. Henry Sotheran and Co. Rutter, Edward Owen (1935). Rajah Brooke and Baroness Burdett Coutts :...
by Joseph Dalton Hooker, who named it after James Brooke, the first WhiteRajah of Sarawak. Hooker called it "one of the most striking vegetable productions...
became the consort to Sir Charles Vyner de Windt Brooke, Rajah of Sarawak, the last of the WhiteRajahs. Brett was born at No. 1, Tilney Street, Park Lane,[citation...
from the British North Borneo Company (BNBC) and the Brooke government (WhiteRajahs) in Sarawak who wanted more land from Brunei and it was not strong enough...
Retrieved 20 July 2018. "Paramount chief descendants thankful to the WhiteRajahs". The Borneo Post. Retrieved 4 February 2014. Thomson, Mike (12 March...
Sarawak and a member of the family of WhiteRajahs. Brooke was the son of Charles, the second of these rajahs, and a brother of Vyner of Sarawak, the...
was presented by Dalrymple. Claude Martin Antoine Polier Anglo-Indian WhiteRajahs Darwin, John (24 May 2013). "The Men Who Would Be King". The New York...
lead them to accept the Sarawak flag and the benefits of the Rajah's government". The Rajahs also encouraged the establishment of schools, healthcare services...
Brunei ceded Sarawak to Rajah Brooke who founded the Kingdom of Sarawak and a line of dynastic monarchs known as the WhiteRajahs. In contemporary Malay...
his uncle, Rajah Vyner of Sarawak, the third and last of the ruling WhiteRajahs. Brooke was the son of Bertram, Tuan Muda of Sarawak and Gladys Milton...
Brunei lost much of its territory to him and his dynasty, known as the WhiteRajahs. Sultan Hashim Jalilul Alam Aqamaddin appealed to the British to stop...
rajah during his reign. All spouses of the rajahs of Sarawak have been titled "Ranee of Sarawak" with the style Her Majesty. Kingdom of Sarawak White...
island of Borneo, which was then a British protectorate governed by the WhiteRajahs. Thane grew up with an elder brother, named Peter Bettany. His godmother...
titles and property but their powers were lost to the Rajahs of Maynila, within which the Rajahs resided. Brunei's relations varied with the different...
family's rule over Sarawak as WhiteRajahs in the 19th and early 20th centuries, was the 'last whiterajah' or 'white-haired rajah.' In 2008, after nearly four...
the Sultan of Brunei to James Brooke, whose successors ruled as the WhiteRajahs over an independent kingdom until 1946, when it became a crown colony...
her medieval neighbours between Sicily and Syria; one exception is The WhiteRajahs, published in 1960, which tells the story of Sarawak, an independent...
Bampfylde, Sabine, Charles Agar (1909). A history of Sarawak under its two whiteRajahs, 1839-1908. London: H. Sotheran. p. 62.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple...
a small area centred on Kuching. The Brooke family, later called the WhiteRajahs, set about expanding the territory they had been ceded. With expansion...
Hunters by Rajah Vyner Brooke's spouse, Sylvia Brooke. Ranee Sylvia Brooke also used this sobriquet, in her 1939 book The Three WhiteRajahs. In 1941,...
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