Bertram Brooke, Tuan Muda of Sarawak

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Bertram Willes Dayrell Brooke

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Birthplace: Kuching, Bahagian Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia
Death: September 15, 1965 (88-89)
Weybridge, Surrey, England, United Kingdom
Immediate Family:

Son of Sir Charles Brooke, His Highness The (2nd) Rajah of Sarawak and Margaret Alice Lili de WIndt, Ranee of Sarawak
Husband of Gladys Brooke
Father of Anthony Brooke, Rajah Muda of Sarawak and Jean Margaret Palmer Brooke
Brother of His Highness Sir Vyner Brooke, GCMG, The Rajah of Sarawak; Henry Keppel Brooke; Ghita Johnson; Harry Johnson and Clayton Johnson

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About Bertram Brooke, Tuan Muda of Sarawak

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bertram_Willes_Dayrell_Brooke

Captain Bertram Willes Dayrell Brooke, Tuan Muda of Sarawak (8 August 1876 at Kuching – 15 September 1965 at Weybridge, Surrey) was a member of the family of White Rajahs who ruled Sarawak for a hundred years. He was the son of Charles, the second of these rajahs, and a brother of Vyner of Sarawak, the third and final ruler of that family. He was for some years heir presumptive to his brother, a claim he relinquished in favour of his son. He held the title of "Tuan Muda" (literally "Little Lord") and the style of "His Highness".

Brooke was educated at Winchester College and at Trinity College, Cambridge. 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 Pitt Club. He went on to serve in the Royal Horse Artillery during the First World War and act as Special Commissioner from Sarawak to the UK.

He married Gladys Milton Palmer (8 January 1884 – 12 June 1952) on 28 June 1904. She was the only child of Sir Walter Palmer, 1st Baronet MP and his wife, Jean, Lady Palmer, and as wife of the Tuan Muda took the title of "Dayang Muda" and the style of "Her Highness". In 1922 she formed a film company which produced just one film. She converted to Islam in Paris in 1939, taking the name Khair un-nisa binti 'Abdu'llah.

They had one son, Anthony, sometime Rajah Muda of Sarawak, and two daughters.

Brooke is buried at Sheepstor Churchyard, Devon, along with the White Rajahs.

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Bertram Brooke, Tuan Muda of Sarawak's Timeline

1876
1876
Kuching, Bahagian Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia
1912
December 10, 1912
1965
September 15, 1965
Age 89
Weybridge, Surrey, England, United Kingdom
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