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Charles Anthoni Johnson was born in Berrow Vicarage, Burnham, Somerset, in England, to the Reverend Francis Charles and Emma Frances Johnson, née Brooke.Emma was the younger sister of James Brooke, the first Rajah of Sarawak.
Sir Charles 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 ...
The Brooke Dockyard, which was founded in the period of Rajah Charles, is still in operation, as is the original Sarawak Museum. Several key buildings from the Brooke period, such as the offices and warehouses of Borneo Company, have been demolished for more recent developments.
The Astana, the palace of the White Rajahs since Charles Brooke reign; c. 1896 Datu Bandar Buassan for over 40 years was one of the Rajah's ministers and also a member of Supreme Council, c. 1905. Prior to the establishment of the Sarawak Administrative Service under Charles Brooke, there had been no formal civil administration. [103]
The Most Excellent Order of the Star of Sarawak (Malay: Darjah Yang Amat Gemilang Bintang Sarawak) was established by Charles Vyner Brooke, The Rajah of Sarawak, on 26 September 1928 as the highest order of chivalry within the Raj of Sarawak. [1]
In 1917, on the death of Charles Brooke, the second Rajah of Sarawak, a memorial fund was established to invite public subscriptions for a suitable memorial, approved by Charles Vyner Brooke, the third Rajah of Sarawak, acting as patron, at a meeting on 15 September 1917. Several suggestions were discussed including the establishment of various ...
The 1941 constitution of Sarawak is the first known written constitution in the Raj of Sarawak in Borneo.Written in the English language, the constitution was proclaimed by the third White Rajah of Sarawak, Charles Vyner Brooke on 24 September 1941, which ends the century of sole sovereignty of Brooke's rule and for the people of Sarawak to their own constitutional government.
The cession bill was signed on 18 May 1946 by Rajah Charles Vyner Brooke and the British representative, C.W. Dawson, at the Astana, Kuching; the cession of Sarawak as a British Crown colony became effective on 1 July 1946. [3] On the same day, Rajah Charles Vyner Brooke gave a speech on the benefits for Sarawak as a Crown colony: [4 ...