Captain Bertram Willes Dayrell Brooke, Tuan Muda of Sarawak (8 August 1876, in Kuching – 15 September 1965, in Weybridge, Surrey) was a member of the family of White Rajahs who ruled

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for a hundred years.

Life

Brooke was the son of

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, the second of these

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hs, and a brother of

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, the third and final ruler of that family. He was for some years

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to his brother, a claim he relinquished in favour of his son. He held the title of "Tuan Muda" (literally "Young Lord") and the style of "His Highness". Brooke was educated at

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and at

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. He was president of Cambridge University Boat Club and rowed in the Boat Race in 1900 and 1901, and he was a member of the

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. He went on to serve in the Royal Horse Artillery during the

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and act as Special Commissioner from

to the UK. Brooke married Gladys Milton Palmer on 28 June 1904. She was the only child of Sir Walter Palmer, 1st Baronet. As wife of the Tuan Muda, Gladys took the title of "Dayang Muda" and the style of "Her Highness". The couple had one son, Anthony, titular Rajah Muda of Sarawak, and three daughters.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Brooke, Bertram Willes Dayrell 1876 births 1965 deaths Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge British Army personnel of World War I British male rowers Cambridge University Boat Club rowers People educated at Winchester College People from Kuching

Bertram Brooke Captain Bertram Willes Dayrell Brooke, Tuan Muda of Sarawak (8 August 1876, in Kuching – 15 September 1965, in Weybridge, Surrey) was a member of the family of White Rajahs who ruled Sarawak for a hundred years. Life Brooke was the son of Char ...

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