SARAWAK

GENEALOGY

• 1) Reuben George Brooke. b. 1834, educ. privately. Trooper RHG 1855. m. at Windermere, Westmorland, 10^th July 1862, Elizabeth, daughter of … Mowbray, by his wife, Mary, of Preston, Lancs. He was lost at sea in the wreck of the SS British Admiral, during its voyage to Australia, 23^rd May 1874, having had issue, six sons and one daughter:
  • a) James Brooke. b. at Kendal, Westmorland, 1863.
  • b) Reuben George Brooke. bapt. at Levens, Westmorland, 5^th June 1864.
  • c) Ruby James Brooke. b. at Daybrooke, Nottingham, 1866.
  • d) Stewart Brooke. b. June 1868. He d. at Daybrooke, Nottingham, 12^th October 1870 (bur. Plumtree Churchyard, Nottingham).
  • e) Walter Nicklett Brooke.
  • f) Charles William Brooke.
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• 1) ames Harry Brooke. b. at the Astana, Kuching, 20^th February 1872 (twin with his brother Charles). He d. from cholera onboard the MV Hydaspes in the Red Sea, 11^th October 1873 (bur. at sea).
• 2) Charles Clayton Brooke. b. at the Astana, Kuching, 20^th February 1872 (twin with his brother James). He d. from cholera onboard the MV Hydaspes in the Red Sea, 17^th October 1873 (bur. at sea).  Copyright© Christopher Buyers
• 3) an unnamed son, stillborn at the Astana, Kuching, 20^th May 1873 (bur. Brooke Cemetery, Kuching).
• 4) H.H. Rajah Sir Charles Vyner de Windt Brooke, Rajah of Sarawak - see below.
• 5) Captain H.H. Bertram Willes Dayrell Brooke [Adeh], Tuan Muda. b. at Kuching, Sarawak, 8^th August 1876, educ. Winchester Coll, Hants, and Trinity Coll, Cambridge. Presdt Univ Boat Club 1901, cmsnd as 2^nd-Lieut RFA 20/2/1901, 2^nd-Lieut Reserve of Officers 9/9/1905, ADC to the Governor of Queensland 1905-1907, prom. Lieut. Berkshire RHA (TF) 12/5/1909, resigned cmsn 20/1/1912, given equal honours with the Rajah Muda 1912, served in the Great War with RHA in Egypt and the Middle East 1914-1917 (rcvd: 1914 star, British War and Allied Victory medals), temp Capt 21/11/1915, Lieut and Hon Capt. TFR 3/4/1917, Instr Sch of Instruction at Shoeburyness 1916, seconded for Sarawak service 1917, Presdt Sarawak Advisory Council (London) 1917, reslinq cmsn 30/9/1921, Special Cmsnr for Sarawak in the UK 1929-1944. Appointed as Heir Presumptive by his elder brother, April 1941. Relinquished his position in favour of his only son, after conferring with the Rajah, 1944. m. at St George's, Hanover Square, London, 28^th June 1904, H.H. Khair un-nisa binti 'Abdu'llah, Dayang Muda (b. at Reading, Berks., 8^th January 1884; d. at Galle Face Court, Colombo, Ceylon, 12^th June 1952), née Gladys Milton Palmer, converted to Islam at the Paris Mosque February 1932 (having previously been a Protestant, Christian Scientist and Roman Catholic), only child of Sir Walter Palmer, 1^st Bart, sometime MP for Salisbury, by his wife, Jean, Lady Palmer, daughter of William Young Craig, Esq, of Milton House, Alsager, Cheshire, sometime MP for North Staffs. He d. at Weybridge, Surrey, 15^th September 1965 (bur. Sheepstor Churchyard, Devon), having had issue, one son and three daughters:
  • a) H.H. Antoni Walter Dayrell Brooke [Anthony Brooke], Rajah Muda. b. 10^th December 1912, educ. Worthing Boarding Sch, Eton Coll, Berks, Trinity Coll, Cambridge, and SOAS, London (BA). Seconded to MCS 1934-1936, Sarawak service 1936, Officer-in-charge Lubok Antu 1937, 2^nd class Magistrate 1937, attached Land & Survey Dept., Kuching 1937-1938, attached State Secretariat 1938-1939, actg DO and Assist. Resident’s Court Magistrate Mukah & Oya 1939, Administrator of Sarawak from 9^th April 1939 to 17^th January 1940, DO Sarikei 1940-1941, enlisted in the British Army as a private soldier 1941, served in WW2 1941-1944 as Lieut Intelligence Corps on the staff of the SAC SEAC at Kandy, Ceylon 1944, Special Cmsnr for Sarawak in the UK 1944-1945. Appointed as Heir Apparent with the title of Rajah Muda of Sarawak 25^th August 1937 and was granted the personal style of His Highness. Deprived of his styles and titles 17^th January 1940, restored 1944, deprived again 4^th October 1945. Formally renounced any claim to Sarawak, February 1951. Founder Peace Through Unity Trust 1975. m. (first) at Rangoon, Burma, 14^th November 1939 (div. 1965), H.H. Kathleen Mary, Ranee Muda (b. 9^th April 1907; d. a London, 24^th April 1981, bur. Sheepstor Churchyard, Devon), daughter of William Edward Cecil Hudden, Esq. m. (second) at Juarez, 25^th November 1981, Birgitte [Gita] (b. at Copenhagen, Denmark, 29^th July 1931), former wife of Douglas Keiller, of Govik, Saro, Sweden, and of Niels Fredriksen, and daughter of The Rev Paul H. Lange, sometime Danmission in Vriddhachalam, Tamil Nadu, India, and Vicar of Bornholm, Denmark, by his wife, Signe. He d. at ‘Rumah Brooke’, Wanganui, New Zealand, 2^nd March 2011 (crem.), having had issue, one son and two daughters:
    • i) James Bertram Lionel Brooke. b. 16^th August 1940 (s/o Kathleen), educ. Eton Coll, Berks, Chelsea Coll of Automobile Engineering, London, and Grenoble Univ, France. Racing driver. m. (first) (div.), Victoria [Lady Getty] (b. 1949; m. second, at Bridgetown, Barbados, 29^th December 1994, as his third wife, Sir John Paul Getty, KBE, by whom she had issue), former model and antiques dealer, daughter of Commander Gerard Alfred Holdsworth, DSO, OBE, RNVR, of Suffolk, a former planter in Borneo. m. (second) Karen Mary (b. 19^th December 1955), née Lappin, of Dublin, Ireland. He had issue, two sons by his second wife:
      • (1) Laurence Nicholas Brooke. b. 23^rd November 1983.
      • (2) Jason Desmond Anthony Brooke. b. at London, 22^nd April 1985. educ. Bruntsfield Sch., Edinburgh, Zion Sch., Dublin, and The High Sch., Danum.
    • Mr. James Brooke, also had issue, prior to both his marriages, an elder son:
      • (3) Joe Graham.
    • i) Y.M. Dayang Angela Carole Brooke [Angela, Mrs Kerr Moller]. b. 23^rd April 1942 (d/o Kathleen). m. ... Kerr Moller. She d. ca. 1983. (bur. Sheepstor Churchyard, Devon).
    • ii) Y.M. Dayang Celia Margaret Brooke. b. 3^rd November 1944 (d/o Kathleen). m. (first) (div.), Pirzada Murshidzada David Ray Harper Inayat Khan, son of Professor Pir-o-Murshid Hazrat Inayat Khan, an Indian mystic who founded the Sufi Order in the West, by his wife, Ora Ray Baker-Klein, an American lady from Boston, Mass. m. (second) Marcel Captier, sometime Verger of St Mary Magdalene Church, Rennes-le-Chateau, joint author of "Rennes-le-Château, le secret de l'abbé Saunière" (1985), grandson of Antoine Captier, proprietary farmer and sometime bell-ringer to Abbé Bérenger Saunière, Curé of St Mary Magdalene Church. She had issue, one daughter, by her first husband:
      • (1) Sura un-nissa Dorée des Anges Brooke Harper. b. 23^rd March 1971, educ. Paris Univ. She has issue, a son:
        • (a) Leandro Brooke Harper. b. 1992. Copyright© Christopher Buyers
  • b) Y.M. Dayang Jean Margaret Palmer, Lady Halsey. b. at Windsor, Berks., 1905. m. 20^th December 1926, Captain Sir Thomas Edgar Halsey, 3^rd Bart. DSO (7.6.1940) (b. at South Mimms, Herts., 28^th November 1898; d. at Hemel Hempstead, Herts., 30^th August 1970), educ. Eton, Berks., and RNCs at Dartmouth and Greenwich, cmsnd. Sub-Lieut. RN 15/2/1916, served in the Great War 1916-1919 (rcvd: Naval GSM), prom. Lieut. 15/2/1920, on the staff RNC 1923-1925, HMS Hawkins on the China station 1925-1926, HMS Victory Portsmouth 1927, prom. Lieut-Cdr. 15/2/1928, HMS Effingham East Indies 1929-1932, HM Royal Yacht Victoria & Albert 1932-1934, prom. Cdr. 1/1/1934, CO HMS Boadicea Mediterranean 1934-1936, Assist. to the Naval Assist. HMS President 1937-1939, prom. Capt. 30/6/1939, served in WW2 1939-1945 (rcvd: MID , DSO, 39-45, Atlantic, and Europe stars, Defence & War medals), cmd. 16^th Destroyer Flotilla 1939-1940, HMS Badger Harwich 1940-1941, HMS St George and NOIC Isle of Man 1942-1943, Flag Capt. HMS King George V 1943-1945, Cdre. 2nd class RN Air Station Lee-on-Solent 1945, retd. 1946, DL 1948, JP 1950, CC 1953, and Vice-Lieut. Herts. 1957-1970, elder son of Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Walter Johnstone Halsey, 2^nd Bart., OBE, sometime DL and JP for Herts., and Chair. Legal Insurance Co., by his wife, Agnes Marion, Lady Halsey, younger daughter of William Macalpine Leny, Esq., of Dalswinton, Dumfrisshire. She d. 12^th September 1970, having had issue, one son and two daughters:
    • i) Sir John Walter Brooke Halsey, 4^th Bart. [The Rev. Brother John Halsey]. b. 26^th December 1933, educ. Eton, Berks., and Magdalene Coll., Cambridge (BA 1956). Deacon 1961, Curate of Stockbridge 1961-1965, Priest 1962, Brother Community of the Transfiguration, Millport, Isle of Bute, 1965.
    • i) Sarah Anne Halsey. b. 17^th February 1929. She d. 19^th January 1937.  Copyright© Christopher Buyers
    • ii) Margaret Anne, Mrs John Farnon. b. 25^th February 1938. m. 29^th July 1961, John Farnon, Esq., son of Leo Farnon. She had issue, three daughters:
      • (1) Jennifer Anne Farnon. b. 7^th June 1962.
      • (2) Nicola Jane Farnon. b. 29^th January 1964.
      • (3) Alison Sarah Farnon. b. 26^th February 1966.
  • c) Y.M. Dayang Elizabeth, Mrs. Terence Maunsell. m. 3^rd August 1932, Captain Terence Augustus Ker Maunsell (b. 2^nd August 1906; d. 1972), educ. RNC Osborne and Dartmouth, Cmsnd. Midshipman RN 1920, served in WW2 in HMS "Barham", HMS "Renown", and HMS "Indomitable", at Admiralty and on staff of c-in-C Home Fleet, prom. Capt. 1945, Dir. Torpedo and Anti-Submarine Warfare 1950-1952, cmnd. HMS "Glory"1952-1953, invalided 1953, JP Surrey (1953), eldest son of Captain Ernest Oliver Henry Maunsell, of Redbourn and St. Albans, Herts., by his wife, Winifred Alice, daughter of Charles Buchanan Ker, Esq., MICE, of Lansdown House, Teddington, sometime Dir. Buenos Ayres & Ensenada Port Railway Co. She d. 1974, having had issue, one son and one daughter:
    • i) Michael Brooke Maunsell. b. 29^th January 1942, educ. Monckton Combe Sch., Gonville & Caius Coll., Cambridge (MA, LLB). Solicitor, Partner Lovell White & King 1971-1988, Lovell White & Durrant 1988, Jnt. Mng. Partner 1993, Liveryman Worshipful Co. of Solicitors 1980, Trustee Highgate Cemetery 1988. m. (first) 7^th August 1965 (div. 1986), Susan Pamela, daughter of George Cruickshank Smith, Esq., of Attenborough, nr. Nottingham. m. (second) 8^th August 1986, Caroline Harriet Maunsell, OBE, daughter of Professor Geoffrey Sharman Dawes, CBE, sometime Dir. Nuffield Institute, Oxford, and Vice-Presdt. Royal Soc., by his wife, Margaret, née Monk.
    • i) Diana Violet Maunsell. b. 29^th April 1933. Copyright© Christopher Buyers
  • d) Y.M. Dayang Anne Elaine Primula [Anne, Lady Bryant]. b. 1910. m. 29^th January 1941, as his second wife, Sir Arthur Wynne Morgan Bryant, CH (8.6.1967), CBE (c 1.1.1949) (b. at Dersingham, 18^th February 1899; d. at Salisbury, Wiltshire, 22^nd January 1985), educ. Pelham House, Sandgate, Kent, and Harrow Sch, Middlesex, and Queen's Coll, Oxford (BA 1920, MA 1923), Barr-at-Law (Inner Temple 1927), joined the Royal Flying Corps, 1917; served as a Pilot Officer on the Western Front, 1917-1918, taught at a London CC school, Principal Cambridge Sch of Arts, Crafts & Technology 1923-1925, Lecturer in History, Oxford Univ Delegacy for Extra-Mural Studies 1925-1936, Educational Adviser (later Governor), Bonar Law Coll, Ashridge, Herts. 1929, Watson Chair in American History, London Univ 1935, Chair Ashridge Council 1946-1949, Chair Soc of Authors 1949-1953, and St John & Red Cross Library Dept 1945-1974, Presdt English Assoc 1946, Hon LLD Univs of Edinburgh (1946), St Andrews (1947), & New Brunswick, FRSL, FRHists, etc, eminent historian, rcvd: Knt Bach (6.7.1954), KStJ (20.7.1955), former husband of Sylvia Mary, née Shakerley, and eldest son of Sir Francis Morgan Bryant, CB, CVO, CBE, ISO, of The Pavilion, Hampton Court, sometime Serjeant-at-Arms to King George V, by his wife Margaret [May, Lady Bryant], sister of Leslie Edmunds, and eldest daughter of H. W. Edmunds, Esq., of Edgbaston, Birmingham. She d. 1993 (bur. Sheepstor Churchyard, Devon).
• 5) Captain Y.M. Harry Keppel Keppel Brooke, Tuan Bongsu. b. at, Cole Park, Wilts., 10^th November 1879, educ. Haileybury Sch, Herts, Univ. of Heidelberg, Germany, and Trinity Coll, Cambridge. Temp 2^nd-Lieut St Helens Btn, The Prince of Wales’s Volunteers (South Lancs Regt.) 9/11/1914, served in the Great War in Egypt and the Middle East 1914-1918, temp Capt 1/3/1915, transf Gen List attached Egyptian Army 26/9/1917-23/12/1918. m. at Holy Trinity Church, Sloane Street, London, 7^th December 1910, Y.M. Mary Dorothy Milton, Dayang Bongsu (b. at Houghton-le-Spring, Durham, 1885; d. from consumption, at Windsor, Berks, 1913), granddaughter of William Young Craig, Esq., of Milton House, Alsager, Cheshire, sometime MP for North Staffs, and daughter of John Craig, Esq, of Beyley, Cheshire. He d. at London, 11^th November 1926, having had issue, one son:
  • a) Charles James Vyner Craig Brooke. b. at Windsor, Berks, 1911, educ. Stowe Sch. Cmsnd as 2^nd Lieut. RA (TA) 29/4/1939, served in WW2. He d. 1995 (bur. Sheepstor Churchyard, Devon).
• 1) Y.M. Dayang Ghita Brooke. b. at the Astana, Kuching, 21^st September 1870. She d. from cholera onboard MV Hydaspes in the Red Sea, 14^th October 1873 (bur. at sea).

• 6) Esca Brooke-Daykin. b. at Simanggang, Sarawak, 26^th August 1867, educ. Trinity Coll. Sch., Port Hope, and Queen's Univ., Kingston, Ontario, Canada. Named Ishaqa at birth, but later christened as Esca Daykin. Adopted son of The Venerable William Yate Daykin, sometime Archdeacon of Durban, Natal. Lay Missionary at Frontenac, Quebec 1891-1892, Warden St Clement's Church, Toronto 1916. Presdt. Lawrence Park Bowling Club, and Rideau Lakes Aquatic Assoc., Hon. Life Mbr. Shahwandahgooze Hunting & Fishing Club (Quebec), and North Toronto Horticultural Soc. m. at St Margaret's Church, Janeville, Ottawa, 21^st April 1897, Edith (b. at South March, Ontario, Canada, 8^th July 1875; d. at Toronto, 27^th July 1954, bur. there at Mount Pleasant Cemetery), third daughter of James Sutton Webster, Esq., of the Canadian Dept. of Marine and Fisheries, by his wife, Mary. He d. at his home, No. 12, St Leonard's Crescent, Lawrence Park, Toronto, 17^th February 1953 (bur. Mount Pleasant Cemetery), having had issue, one son and three daughters, including:
  • a) Cyril James Brooke-Daykin. b. at Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, 26^th February 1901. He d. at Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 4^th July 1939 (bur. there at Mount Pleasant Cemetery), having had issue, an only child:
    • i) Barbara Brooke-Daykin. m. at St Clement's Church, North Toronto, Ontario, 22^nd …1953, a medical student from Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
  • a) Kathleen Winnifred Beatrice. m. at St. Thomas, Ontario, 3^rd June 1929, John Beverly Robinson, son of John Alexander Robinson. She had issue, two sons and two daughters.
  • b) Gwendoline Frances. b. at Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, 18^th June 1898. m. (first) … Bach. m. (second) ... Rutherford. She d. at Toronto, 10^th August 1989 (bur. there at Mount Pleasant Cemetery), having had issue, three sons by her first husband.
  • c) Grace. m. J. D. McCarthy.

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