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Brooke (SIR JAMES Rajah of Sarawak)

SIR JAMES, Rajah of Sarawak, was born in Benares, India, April 29, 1803. In 1838, having gone to Borneo, he assisted the Sultan of Brunei (the nominal ruler of the island) in suppressing a revolt. For his services he was made Rajah and Governor of Sarawak, a district on the N. W. coast of the island, and, being established in the Government, he endeavored to induce the Dyak natives to abandon their irregular and piratical mode of life and to turn themselves to agriculture and commerce; and his efforts to introduce ful success. He was made a K. C. B. in 1847, and was appointed Governor of civilization were crowned with wonder- Labuan. He died in Devonshire, England, June 11, 1868.