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Brooke, Sir James
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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Rajah of Sarawak, born at Benares, educated in England; entered the Indian army; was wounded in the Burmese war, returned in consequence to England; conceived the idea of suppressing piracy and establishing civilisation in the Indian Archipelago; sailed in a well-manned and well-equipped yacht from the Thames with that object; arrived at Sarawak, in Borneo; assisted the governor in suppressing an insurrection, and was made rajah, the former rajah being deposed in his favour; brought the province under good laws, swept the seas of pirates, for which he was rewarded by the English government; was appointed governor of Labuan; finally returned to England and died, being succeeded in Sarawak by a nephew (1803-1868).
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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Brooke, Sir James'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/b/brooke-sir-james.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Brooke, Sir James'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/b/brooke-sir-james.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
