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=== House Notes === | === House Notes === | ||
| − | + | 1885.12.02 Mrs C. Brooke (H.H. the Ranee of Sarawak) was proposed for election at the next meeting | |
=== Notes From Elsewhere === | === Notes From Elsewhere === | ||
Margaret, Lady Brooke, The Ranee of Sarawak (1849 – 1936) was queen consort of the second White Rajah of Sarawak, Charles Anthony Johnson Brooke. She published her memoir My Life in Sarawak in 1913, that offers a rare glimpse of life in The Astana in Kuching and colonial Borneo.<br />The Ranee became legendary during her lifetime as a woman of strength and intelligence, as well as her extraordinary circumstance as Eurasian royalty.<br />Brooke loved his wife dearly. The Astana was built specially for her as a wedding present. And Fort Margherita, also in Kuching, was named after her.<br />Margaret Lili Alice Brooke<br />(1849-1936) Née de Windt. Born Paris; died London. Daughter of Captain de Windt and married, in 1869, Charles Brooke, 2nd Rajah of Sarawak (see ODNB). Her marriage was not successful and she and her husband lived separate lives after the mid-1880s. She published a book My life in Sarawak (1913).<br /><br /><br /> | Margaret, Lady Brooke, The Ranee of Sarawak (1849 – 1936) was queen consort of the second White Rajah of Sarawak, Charles Anthony Johnson Brooke. She published her memoir My Life in Sarawak in 1913, that offers a rare glimpse of life in The Astana in Kuching and colonial Borneo.<br />The Ranee became legendary during her lifetime as a woman of strength and intelligence, as well as her extraordinary circumstance as Eurasian royalty.<br />Brooke loved his wife dearly. The Astana was built specially for her as a wedding present. And Fort Margherita, also in Kuching, was named after her.<br />Margaret Lili Alice Brooke<br />(1849-1936) Née de Windt. Born Paris; died London. Daughter of Captain de Windt and married, in 1869, Charles Brooke, 2nd Rajah of Sarawak (see ODNB). Her marriage was not successful and she and her husband lived separate lives after the mid-1880s. She published a book My life in Sarawak (1913).<br /><br /><br /> | ||
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== Related Material Details == | == Related Material Details == | ||
=== RAI Material === | === RAI Material === | ||
| − | She donated some photographs to the AI photographic collection. | + | She donated some photographs of Dyaks [400_000595-603] to the AI photographic collection. <br /> |
=== Other Material === | === Other Material === | ||
PRM field collector | PRM field collector | ||
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12 Hans Place, SW Kuching, Borneo, via Singapore [1900] Villa Raffo, Bogliaseo, Mervi, Nr Genoa, Italy [1902] Grey Friars, Ascot [1905] | ||||||
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Contents
Notes
Office Notes
House Notes
1885.12.02 Mrs C. Brooke (H.H. the Ranee of Sarawak) was proposed for election at the next meeting
Notes From Elsewhere
Margaret, Lady Brooke, The Ranee of Sarawak (1849 – 1936) was queen consort of the second White Rajah of Sarawak, Charles Anthony Johnson Brooke. She published her memoir My Life in Sarawak in 1913, that offers a rare glimpse of life in The Astana in Kuching and colonial Borneo.
The Ranee became legendary during her lifetime as a woman of strength and intelligence, as well as her extraordinary circumstance as Eurasian royalty.
Brooke loved his wife dearly. The Astana was built specially for her as a wedding present. And Fort Margherita, also in Kuching, was named after her.
Margaret Lili Alice Brooke
(1849-1936) Née de Windt. Born Paris; died London. Daughter of Captain de Windt and married, in 1869, Charles Brooke, 2nd Rajah of Sarawak (see ODNB). Her marriage was not successful and she and her husband lived separate lives after the mid-1880s. She published a book My life in Sarawak (1913).
Publications
External Publications
Ranee Margaret of Sarawak (2001). My Life in Sarawak. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-582663-9.
Ranee Margaret of Sarawak (1984). Good Morning and Good Night. London: Pimlico. ISBN 978-0-7126-0348-5.
House Publications
Related Material Details
RAI Material
She donated some photographs of Dyaks [400_000595-603] to the AI photographic collection.
Other Material
PRM field collector
