Bertram Brooke

Captain Bertram Willes Dayrell Brooke, Tuan Muda of Sarawak (8 August 1876, in Kuching – 15 September 1965, in Weybridge, Surrey[1]) was a member of the family of White Rajahs who ruled Sarawak for a hundred years.

Bertram Brooke
Tuan Muda of Sarawak
His Highness the Tuan Muda of Sarawak
Born(1876-08-08)8 August 1876
Died15 September 1965(1965-09-15) (aged 89)
SpouseGladys Milton Palmer
IssueJean Brooke
Elizabeth Brooke
Anne Brooke
Anthony Brooke
FatherCharles Brooke
MotherMargaret Brooke

Life

Brooke 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,[2] and he was a member of the Pitt Club.[3] 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.

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.

Brooke is buried in St Leonard's parish churchyard, Sheepstor, Devon, along with the White Rajahs.

See also

References

  1. The Peerage
  2. "Brooke, Bertram Willes Darrel (BRK897BW)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  3. Fletcher, Walter Morley (2011) [1935]. The University Pitt Club: 1835–1935 (First Paperback ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 93. ISBN 978-1-107-60006-5.
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