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She married Rajah Charles, at 20 years old, at Highworth on 28 October 1869. After the marriage, Rajah Charles automatically appointed her the title of Ranee of Sarawak with the style of Her Highness. She was the first to hold the position, the previous White Rajah, James Brooke being unmarried.
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 Raj of Sarawak. Early life [ edit ]
Halliburton narrates an account of the visit in his book of the same name. [4] Sylvia Brett enjoyed dressing up in sarongs and exotic jewelry and decorated her London home with spears, totem poles. [5] Brett was the author of eleven books, including Sylvia of Sarawak and Queen of the Head-Hunters (1970). [3]
Before working for Taggart Transcontinental, Galt worked as an engineer for the Twentieth Century Motor Company, where he secretly invented a generator of usable electric energy from ambient static electricity, but abandoned his prototype, and his employment, when dissatisfied by an easily corrupted novel system of payment.
Raja (Arabic: رجاء) is an Arabic given name. The meaning of name Raja is "Hope" or Hopeful. The meaning of name Raja is "Hope" or Hopeful. Raja ibn Haywa , was a prominent early Muslim theological and political adviser of the Umayyad caliphs Abd al-Malik ( r. 685–705), al-Walid I (r. 705–715), Sulayman (r. 715–717) and Umayyad caliph ...
He entered the service of his uncle James, the first Rajah of Sarawak, in 1852, took his name, and began as Resident at the Lundu station in the Raj of Sarawak. In the 1857 rebellion against the White Rajah, Charles Brooke helped his uncle put down the rebellion led by Liu Shan Bang with his force composed of Ibans and local Bidayuh tribes.
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 name is a variation of 'istana', meaning 'palace'. [1] It was built in 1870 by the second White Rajah , Charles Brooke , as a wedding gift to his wife, Margaret Alice Lili de Windt . [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The palace is not normally open to the public, although the landscaped gardens are, which can be reached by a boat ride across the Sarawak River.