Key facts
- Reign
- 18 August 1842 – 11 June 1868
- Installation
- 18 August 1842
- Predecessor
- Sultan Tengah (as Sultan of Sarawak), Pengiran Indera Mahkota Mohammad Salleh (as Governor of Sarawak)
- Successor
- Charles Brooke
- Born
- ( 1803-04-29 ) 29 April 1803, Bandel , Hooghly , Bengal Presidency
- Died
- 11 June 1868 (1868-06-11) (aged 65), Burrator , United Kingdom
- Burial
- St Leonard's Church, Sheepstor , Dartmoor
- Issue
- Reuben George Walker (Brooke)
- House
- Brooke dynasty
- Father
- Thomas Brooke
- Mother
- Anna Maria Brooke
- Occupation
- Soldier, trader, independent gentleman, mercenary, governor
- Monarch
- Queen Victoria
- Lieutenant
- William Napier (1848–1850) , John Scott (1850–1856)
- Preceded by
- Newly created
- Succeeded by
- George Warren Edwardes
- Allegiance
- British Empire
- Branch service
- Bengal Army , British East India Company
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- James
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Place of birth
- Varanasi
- Occupation
- diplomat
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Religion
- Anglicanism
- Family
- white Rajah
- Conflict
- First Anglo-Burmese War
- Military rank
- lieutenant
- Image
- Sir James Brooke (1847) by Francis Grant.jpg
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- writing language
- English language
- described by source
- The Nuttall Encyclopædia
- Commons category
- James Brooke, Rajah of Sarawak
- date of death
- 1868-00-00
- date of birth
- 1803-04-29
- name in native language
- James Brooke
- present in work
- La tigre è ancora viva: Sandokan alla riscossa!
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Encyclopedic overview
Sir James Brooke (29 April 1803 – 11 June 1868), was a British soldier and adventurer who founded the Raj of Sarawak in Borneo. He ruled as the first White Rajah of Sarawak from 1841 until his death in 1868.
Brooke was born and raised in India during the rule of the British East India Company. After a few years of education in England, he served in the Bengal Army, was wounded, and resigned his commission. He then bought a ship and sailed to the Malay Archipelago where, in gratitude for helping to crush a rebellion, he was rewarded by the Sultan of Brunei with the position of governor of Sarawak. He then vigorously suppressed piracy in the region and, in the ensuing turmoil, restored the sultan to his throne, for which Brooke was made the rajah of Sarawak. He ruled until his death.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “James Brooke” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.