In the 19th century, coastal areas ruled by the Sultanate in the west of the island were gradually taken by the dynasty of James Brooke.

Sir James Brooke founds the White Rajah dynasty of Sarawak.

In Sarawak, on the island of Borneo, the colonial dynasty of James Brooke and his descendants eradicated headhunting in the hundred years before World War II.

Brooke ruled Sarawak until his death in 1868, following three strokes over a period of ten years.

Charles, Rajah of Sarawak, GCMG ( Charles Anthoni Johnson Brooke ; 3 June 1829 – 17 May 1917 ), born Charles Anthoni Johnson, ruled as the head of state of Sarawak from 3 August 1868 until his death.

The Brooke family is an English family that ruled Sarawak from 1841 until 1946.

Most of Runciman's historical works deal with Byzantium and her medieval neighbours between Sicily and Syria ; one exception is The White Rajahs, published in 1960, which tells the story of Sarawak, an independent state founded on the northern coast of Borneo in 1841 by an Englishman James Brooke, and ruled by the Brooke family for more than a century.

In 1841 " Sarawak " ( the present Kuching-Sarawak Capital ) was ruled by ' White Rajah ', James Brooke.

* May 17 – Charles Anthoni Johnson Brooke, ruler of Sarawak ( b. 1829 )

* September 24 – The Britain annexes Sarawak from Brunei ; James Brooke is appointed rajah.

Attack by Moro Pirates on James Brooke | Brooke's Jolly Bachelor during the era of White Rajahs in Sarawak, 1843

* RYS Royalist, sailed to Borneo by James Brooke, enabling him to become 1st White Rajah of Sarawak.

The story was inspired by the exploits of James Brooke, an Englishman who became the first White Rajah of Sarawak in Borneo ; and by the travels of American adventurer Josiah Harlan, who was granted the title Prince of Ghor in perpetuity for himself and his descendants.

* Charles Anthoni Johnson Brooke ( 1829 – 1917 ), Second Rajah of Sarawak

* Charles Vyner Brooke ( 1874 – 1963 ), Third and last Rajah of Sarawak

* James Brooke ( 1803 – 1868 ), First Rajah of Sarawak

* Sylvia Brett ( 1885 – 1917 ), Lady Brooke, Ranee of Sarawak

James, Rajah of Sarawak, KCB ( born James Brooke ; 29 April 1803 – 11 June 1868 ) was a British adventurer whose exploits in areas of the British Empire led to him becoming the first White Rajah of Sarawak.

Greatly impressed with the Malay Archipelago, in Sarawak he met Pangeran Muda Hashim, to whom he gave assistance in crushing the rebellion, thereby winning the allegiance of the Sultan, who in 1841 offered Brooke the governorship of Sarawak in return for his help.

In return the sultan ceded complete sovereignty of Sarawak to Brooke, who in 1846 presented the island of Labuan to the British government.

Brooke began to establish and cement his rule over Sarawak: reforming the administration, codifying laws and fighting piracy, which proved to be an ongoing issue throughout his rule.

During his rule, Brooke faced threats from Sarawak warriors like Sharif Masahor and Rentap, but remained in power.

By 1858 he was aware of his Brooke connection and by 1871 he is on the census at the parish of Plumtree, Nottinghamshire as " George Brooke ", age " 40 ", birthplace " Sarawak, Borneo ".

* Hahn, Emily ( 1953 ) James Brooke of Sarawak

* Ingleson, John ( 1979 ) Expanding the empire: James Brooke and the Sarawak lobby, 1839 – 1868, Nedlands, W. A.

* St. John, Sir Spenser ( 1994 ) The life of Sir James Brooke: rajah of Sarawak: from his personal papers and correspondence, Kuala Lumpur ; New York: Oxford University Press.

During this time, Montgomery faced serious trouble from his military superiors and the clergy for his frank attitude regarding the sexual health of his soldiers, but was defended from dismissal by his superior Alan Brooke, commander of II Corps.

After Gott was killed flying back to Cairo Churchill was persuaded by Brooke, who by this time was Chief of the Imperial General Staff to appoint Montgomery, who had only just been nominated to replace Alexander as commander of the British ground forces for Operation Torch.

William Brooke, 10th Baron Cobham may have become aware of the offensive representation after a public performance ; he may also have learned of it while it was being prepared for a court performance ( Cobham was at that time Lord Chamberlain ).

When a new segment producer edits footage of Brooke out of a story in I Disease ( series 3 ), she becomes upset to the point where she demands that the producer be fired for it.

He is fired in the episode " I Get the Big Names " for audio taping Brooke Vandanberg while she urinates on the toilet and then leaking it to the media.

However, following a visit in early August to Egypt by British prime minister Winston Churchill and the Chief of the Imperial General Staff, General Alan Brooke, Alexander flew to Cairo on 8 August to replace Claude Auchinleck as the Commander-in-Chief of Middle East Command, the post responsible for the overall conduct of the campaign in the desert of North Africa.

Brooke, however, applied pressure to keep Alexander in Italy, considering him unfit for the assignment in France.

Of Alexander, Alan Brooke felt that he needed an able chief of staff " to think for him ", while Montgomery ( Alexander's subordinate in Africa and Italy ) claimed to think of Alexander as " incompetent " and success was only attained in Tunisia only because Montgomery lent Brian Horrocks to organise the coup de grace.

His housemaster, R. H. J. Brooke, whom Peel described as " extraordinarily eccentric " and " amazingly perceptive ", wrote on one of his school reports, " Perhaps it's possible that John can form some kind of nightmarish career out of his enthusiasm for unlistenable records and his delight in writing long and facetious essays.

Many felt " that ' the flower of youth ' and the ' best of the nation ' had been destroyed ," for example such notable casualties as the poets Isaac Rosenberg, Rupert Brooke, and Wilfred Owen, composer George Butterworth and physicist Henry Moseley.

* Brooke, T. H., A History of the Island of St Helena from its Discovery by the Portuguese to the Year 1806 ”, Printed for Black, Parry and Kingsbury, London, 1808

** The Soviet Union returns Gerald Brooke to the United Kingdom in exchange for spies Peter and Helen Kroger ( Morris and Lona Cohen ).

These discussions led to unofficial contacts with the British Northern Ireland Office under the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Peter Brooke, and with the government of the Republic under Charles Haughey – although both governments maintained in public that they would not negotiate with terrorists.

Professional wrestler Hulk Hogan, whose family starred in the reality series Hogan Knows Best and Brooke Knows Best, explains in his 2009 autobiography My Life Outside the Ring, that paying unionized camera crews to film subjects continuously until something telegenic or dramatic occurs would be prohibitively expensive, and that as a result, such shows are " soft-scripted ", and follow a tightly regimented shooting schedule that allows for typical work-related considerations such as lunch breaks.

He asked the British to check whether or not it would be acceptable for him to claim Brunei as his own ; however, they came back with bad news — although Brunei was poorly governed, it had a definite sense of national identity and could therefore not be absorbed by Brooke.

After Clay was employed as Wythe's amanuensis for four years, the chancellor took an active interest in Clay's future ; he arranged a position for him with the Virginia attorney general, Robert Brooke.

Clay studied for the bar for a year under Brooke and was admitted to practice law in 1797.

They had twins, Margaret " Daisy " and John Brooke " Demi " ( short for Demi-John ).

When Laurie leaves for college, Brooke continues his employment with Mr. Laurence as an assistant.

Brooke serves in the Union Army for a year and is invalided home after being wounded.

The current State Senators for the first district are Orphy Klempa from Ohio County and Jack Yost from Brooke County.

Rupert Chawner Brooke ( middle name sometimes given as " Chaucer ") ( 3 August 1887 – 23 April 1915 ) was an English poet known for his idealistic war sonnets written during the First World War, especially " The Soldier ".