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=== 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.<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 />
== Related Material Details ==
=== RAI Material ===
She donated some photographs of Dyaks [400_000595-603] to the AI photographic collection. [PRM AI fellows table]<br />
=== Other Material ===
PRM field collector