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Type of entity
Personne
Forme autorisée du nom
Brooke, Margaret (1849–1936), wife of colonial ruler
forme(s) parallèle(s) du nom
- Margaret, Lady Brooke, Ranee of Sarawak
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Dates d’existence
9 October 1849–1 December 1936
Historique
Daughter of Clayton de Windt, cousin and wife of the 2nd Rajah of Sarawak whom she married in 1869. Mother of Charles Vyner Brooke.
Once estranged from husband after producing the necessary heirs, she returned to London, where she was at the centre of a social circle that included several of the leading literary talents of the 1890s, such as Oscar Wilde and Henry James.
Her younger brother Harry matriculated from Magdalene in 1875, and was afterwards ADC to the Rajah.
As ‘Ghita’ (her childhood name), the Ranee composed the Sarawak National Anthem (1872).