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Article: Birth of Sir James Brooke: April 29th, 1803. (Months Past).(Biography)
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- April 1, 2003
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THE FIRST WHITE Rajah of Sarawak was the son of Thomas Brooke, a wealthy judge in the service of the East India Company. Born in Secrore, the European quarter of Benares, he grew up among the womenfolk in the family home in India, much loved and indulged, and contrary to the usual practice was not sent back to England for an education until he was twelve. He went to Norwich Grammar School and disliked it so much that he ran away. He did not go back and his soft-hearted parents soon returned to retirement in Bath and had young James tutored at home.
Back in India at sixteen, James Brooke took a commission in the East India Company's army, where he had an enjoyable ...
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