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Charles Anthoni Johnson Brooke

1829–1917

Naval officer, colonial officer, and second raja of Sarawak. Served in the Royal Navy, 1842–52. Joined his uncle James Brooke, raja of Sarawak, in 1852. Named as heir, 1867; became second raja on his uncle’s death in 1868. In later life, spent part of each year in England. Knighted, 1888.

Source

ODNB.

Bibliography

ODNB: Oxford dictionary of national biography: from the earliest times to the year 2000. (Revised edition.) Edited by H. C. G. Matthew and Brian Harrison. 60 vols. and index. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2004.

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