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The Astana, [5] then called Government House, was built in 1870 by the second White Rajah, Charles Brooke, as a wedding gift to his wife, Margaret Alice Lili de Windt. [1] [2] [4] The couple married at Highworth, Wiltshire on 28 October 1869 and she was then raised to the title of Ranee of Sarawak with the style of Her Highness.
The White Rajahs were a hereditary monarchy of the Brooke family, who founded and ruled the Raj of Sarawak as a sovereign state, located on the northwest coast of the island of Borneo in Maritime Southeast Asia, from 1841 to 1946.
The Raj of Sarawak, Kingdom of Sarawak or State of Sarawak, was a kingdom founded in 1841 in northwestern Borneo and was in a treaty of protection with the United Kingdom from 1888. It was formed from a series of land concessions acquired by the Englishman James Brooke from the Sultan of Brunei .
3rd time. Simultaneously reigned as the White Rajah 16: Edward Parnell: 1937–1939: 17: John Beville Archer: 1939–1941: 1st time 18: Cyril Drummond Le Gros Clark: May 1941 – 25 December 1941: On 31 March 1941, Le Gros Clark announced the decision of the White Rajah, Charles Vyner Brooke, to introduce a democratic constitution. [1]
The Brooke family is an English family that ruled the Raj of Sarawak, from 1841 until 1 July, 1946, when Charles Vyner Brooke, the third and last "White Rajah" ceded Sarawak to the British Empire [1] due to the lack of resources to finance reconstruction after World War II.
Sir James Brooke, Rajah of Sarawak KCB (29 April 1803 [3] – 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.
The White House was wired for electricity in September 1891, but like a lot of people, Benjamin and Caroline Harrison weren't convinced that the electric lights were safe and refused to operate ...
Gerard Truman Magill MacBryan (9 January 1902 – 1953) was a Scotsman who initially served as Rajah Charles Vyner Brooke's Private Secretary and curator at the Sarawak Museum, was notable for his involvement in the annexation of Raj of Sarawak by the British Crown and later meddled in Brunei's affairs, gaining the trust of Sultan Ahmad Tajuddin through connections made in Kuching. [1]