Charles Brooke

Death and succession Brooke's son Charles Vyner Brooke succeeded him as the third and last White Rajah. He had another son, Esca Brooke (1868–1951) from a previous marriage with a Malay woman known as Dayang Mastiah. Esca was sent to England at the age of six, cared for and later adopted by the Reverend William Daykin. Eventually, they moved to Canada. Esca married and had three children. Brooke lost an eye at some point in a riding accident, and allegedly replaced it with a false eye intended for a stuffed albatross.

Personal life and family Brooke married Margaret Alice Lili de Windt at Highworth, Wiltshire, on 28 October 1869; she was raised to the title of Ranee of Sarawak with the style of Her Highness on the same day. They had six children, three of whom survived infancy: Dayang Ghita Brooke (1870–1873) James Harry Brooke (1872–1873) Charles Clayton Brooke (1872–1873) Charles Vyner Brooke, Rajah of Sarawak (1874–1963) Bertram Willes Dayrell Brooke, Tuan Muda (1876–1965) Henry Keppel Brooke, Tuan Bongsu (1878–1927)

All three White Rajahs are buried in St Leonard's Church in the village of Sheepstor on Dartmoor, Devon.

Honours

Namesakes Two Bornean species were named in Brooke's honour: Brooke's Squirrel (Sundasciurus brookei), named by Oldfield Thomas Cervus brookei, a deer named by Charles Hose in 1893