In
progress: covers 1841-1857 (approx.) so far. Will cover 1839-1946 when
complete. All books are listed in the bibliography.
Contributions and assistance welcome.
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ABERDEEN, Foreign Secretary 1841-1846;
Prime Minister 1852-1855
Tarling, Burthen
ADAT, Malay customary law
Richards, Dayak
ALBATROSS, HM brig, under Commander
Farquhar, involved in Battle of
Batang Marau
St. John, Life
ALI, Datu Patinggi 1841-1844;
father-in-law of Masahor; killed
during attack on Batang Lupar,
Aug 1844
Lockard, Kuching; Said, Malay
ARIEL brig bought by Henry
Wise for Sarawak. Arrived in Sarawak 1842. Crew listed
individually.
Hahn, James; St. John, Life
AUCKLAND, boat under Rear-Admiral
Sir Francis Collier, transported invalids from Labuan,
1848
Hall, Labuan; St. John, Life
AUSTEN, Admiral, brother of Jane Austen, accompanied S.
St. John and Brooke
Johnson to Maladu to
recover Dolphin (1851)
St. John, Life
AYOON, Chinese Christian schoolmaster
sent from Singapore in 1851 by Horatio
Moule to work as teacher and interpreter for Francis
McDougall
Taylor, Anglican
BALIDAH/LEDAH TANAH upriver from Kuching,
near Bau. site of insurgency in
1840-41: tail end of civil war
St. John, Life
BALESTEIR, JOSEPH, United
States diplomatic agent; visited Sarawak in 1850 seeking a treaty
St. John, Life
BANDAR port/city
BATANG LUPAR one of the Six Rivers
BATANG MARAU, battle of, July 1
1849, most famous battle of James
Brooke's career, his forces led by HEICS Nemesis.
Outrage at slaughter during and after battle led to Commission
of Inquiry
Tarling: Piracy
BAU area usptream of Kuching populated by Chinese gold-workers. The Kongsi here was responsible for the Chinese Insurrection of 1857
BELCHER, EDWARD, Sir, commanded HMS Samarang;
investigated coal and gold finds in Borneo in August 1843
Belcher, Samarang
BENDAHARA chief minister
BETHUNE, DRINKWATER, Captain,
Bethune, Views
BIDAYUH (Land Dayak)
Walker, Brooke
BONHAM Governor of Singapore
BORNEO CHURCH MISSION INSTITUTION (BCMI)
founded 1846 by Charles
Brereton. Committee: Earl of Ellesmere, Henry
Keppel, Rodney Mundy,
C.R.D. Bethune, Admiral Sir Francis Beaufort, the Dowager
Queen Adelaide, Charles Brereton (Honorary Secretary); Francis
McDougall headed the Mission in Borneo
BCMI, various pubs.; Saunders, Bishops; Taylor, Anglican
BORNEO COMPANY trading firm
which replaced the Eastern
Archipelago Company. Ludwig
Helms was the Sarawak representative
Longhurst, Borneo; Martine, History
BOUDRIOT, Spoke at Commission
of Inquiry in favor of James
Brooke
Borneo Question
BRERETON, CHARLES DAVID,
Revd., children: William
Brereton (b. 1830?); founder and Honorary Secretary of the BCMI
Brereton, Address; BCMI, various pubs.; Taylor, Anglican
BRERETON, WILLIAM,
(Willie), b. 1830? d. August 1854; son of Charles
Brereton; midshipman on HMS Samarang
visited Sarawak 1843 ; from 1845 worked for James
Brooke in Labuan and (from
1850) as governor of Sakarrang.
Died of dysentry at Skrang Fort
Jacob, Raja
BROOKE, ANTHONY WALTER DAYRELL,
Rajah Muda, b. 1912 m. Kathleen Hudden, children: Lionel (b. 1940),
Angela (b. 1942), Celia (b. 1944), currently lives in New Zealand
Brooke, facts; Reece, Name; See also Related
Web Sites
BROOKE, BERTRAM WILLES DAYRELL, Tuan Muda, b. 1876 d. 1965,
Royal Horse Artillery, m. Gladys, children: Jean, Elizabeth, Anne,
Anthony Walter Dayrell,
Brooke, Relations; Reece, Name
BROOKE, CHARLES, see Charles Johnson
BROOKE, EMMA FRANCES, b. 1802 d. 1870, James
Brooke's sister, m. Francis
Charles Johnson
Mss; any detailed history
BROOKE, JAMES, Sir KCB, b. 1803
d. 1868, 1st Rajah, unm., children: Reuben
Walker
Brooke, Bishop; Expedition; Letter; Letters; Letters; Statement;
Vindication; Keppel, Dido; Maeander; Mundy, Narrative; Jacob, Raja;
St. John, Life; Rajah; Hahn, James; Tarling, Burthen; Mss
BROOKE, REUBEN GEORGE, born
Reuben Walker, later renamed George Brooke. Illegitimate son of James
Brooke, b. 1834 probably to house servant in Bath, reunited with
father in 1858
Tarling, Burthen; Reece, Miscegenation; Mss
BROOKE, SYLVIA, (Sylvia
Brett), Ranee, m. Vyner Brooke
Brooke, Letters; Queen; Sylvia
BROOKE, VYNER, (Charles Vyner
de Windt), GCMG, 3rd Rajah, b. 1874 d. 1963, m. Sylvia
Brett, children: Leonora, Elizabeth, Valerie
Brooke, Letters; Queen; Sylvia; Tarling, Britain
BRUNEI capture of Brunei in 1846
involved Commander Scott,
Phlegethon, and Hazard
Saunders, Brunei
BUA HASSAN, Datu Imam 1854-1865, Datu Bandar 1865-1906;
brother of Muhammad Lana,
descendant of Patinggi Ali
Lockard, Kuching; Said, Malay
BUDRUDIN/BEDRUDIN, Hassim's
brother; fought with Hassim and Makota
against insurgents in civil war
1840-41; killed 1846 in massacre of Hassim's family
St. John, Life
BURDETT-COUTTS, ANGELA, wealthy heiress, helped James
Brooke with financial difficulties
Healey, Lady; Orton, Made of gold; Patterson, Angela
BURNS, ROBERT, d. Aug/Sep 1851; descendant of poet Robert
Burns; trader in Bintulu and Labuan,
1847-1849; befriended Meldrum, Motley,
and Riley; killed by pirates
St. John, Life; SMJ
BURRATOR Devon, England. James
Brooke's home 1859-1868 and place of death
Brooke, Coutts, Letters, Tarling, Burthen, Mss SEE ALSO Related
Web Sites
BUTTERWORTH, Lieut-Colonel, Governor of the Straits
Settlements
St. John, Life
BUYONG, Abang, aided James Brooke during Chinese insurrection - attacked Chinese insurgents at Ledah Tanah.
CAVENAGH, ORFEUR, British govt. official,
visited Sarawak and wrote a report
Cavenagh, Report
CHALMERS, WILLIAM, missionary
Chalmers, Some account
CHAMBERS, WALTER, Archdeacon
of Sarawak; b. 1824, m. Elizabeth
Wooley 1857; ordained priest 1850; curate in Derbyshire, England;
arrived in Sarawak 21 Mar 1851; missionary at Skrang
Oct 1851-Jan 1853; Banting Mission (nr. Lingga) 1853-1867; Commissary
in Sarawak (deputising for Francis
McDougall) Feb 1867-May 1868; installed Archdeacon of Sarawak 13
May 1868; consecrated Bishop of Labuan
29 Jun 1869, of Sarawak 5 June 1870; resigned Nov 1879
Bunyon, Memoirs; Mission Field 1 Feb 1894 p 69 (obit); Taylor,
Anglican
CHAMBERS, ELIZABETH,
'Lizzie', 'Mrs Proudie', nee Wooley, cousin of Harriette
McDougall, m. Walter
Chambers 1857, d. 1875; missionary sent by Borneo Female Mission
Fund, arrived in Sarawak 27 Dec 1856; ran a school for girls at
Banting (1860s)
MSS; Taylor, Anglican
CHAPMAN, THOMAS, b. 1814/15?, carpenter, Ariel
Hahn, James; St. John, Life
CHINESE INSURRECTION
February 1857; 600 gold workers from the kongsi
in Bau capture and control Kuching
until defeated by Charles
Brooke and James Brooke
in the James Brooke steamer.
SMJ
CLARENDON, Lord/Earl of, British
politician: President of the Board of Trade, 1846-7; Foreign
Secretary, 1853-8, 1865-6
COBDEN British politician
Brit. Parl. Papers; Morley, Life
COCHRANE, THOMAS, Sir, Commander of the East Indies
Squadron, led attack on Pengiran Usup
at Maladu Bay, 1845
St. John, Life
COMMISSION OF INQUIRY
Singapore, investigated Brooke's actions in the battle of Batang
Marau, 1849
Borneo question
COMMISSIONER TO THE INDEPENDENT PRINCES official British
post held by James Brooke
1845? - ? ; Spenser St.
John 1854-?
Ingleson, Expanding; Tarling, Britain; Piracy; Wright, British
CONFIDENTIAL AGENT IN BORNEO official British post held by
James Brooke, 1845 - ? ;
Spenser St. John, 1854-?
Ingleson, Expanding; Tarling, Britain; Piracy; Wright, British
CONSTITUTION, US frigate, under
Captain Percivall, visited
Brunei, 1845
St. John, Life
CONSUL-GENERAL OF BRUNEI official British post held by
James Brooke 1845? - ? ;
Spenser St. John 1855-?
Ingleson, Expanding; Tarling, Britain; Piracy; Wright, British
COOMBES, SARAH, unm., missionary and schoolteacher, arrived
in Sarawak August 1856, assisted Harriette
McDougall
Taylor, Anglican
CROOKSHANK, ARTHUR, b.
1823/4? d. 1891, mother from Johnson family, formerly junior mate,
then 2nd mate, of Ariel; Sarawak
officer 1843-1873, m. Bertha
Letchmere? 1856?
Hahn, James; St. John, Life; Walker, Crookshanks
CROOKSHANK, BERTHA, nee
Letchmere?, m. Arthur
Crookshank; d. 1904
SMJ
CRUICKSHANK, FITZ, Scottish surgeon befriended James Brooke on Castle Huntley in 1830 and later joined the Sarawak service
CRYMBLE/CRIMBLE, WILLIAM, b. 1814/15? Ireland, former
merchants' clerk, then James
Brooke's secretary; attempted to defend Kuching
duringChinese
Insurrection
Hahn, James; St. John, Life
DATO honorary title for non-royals
DAUD, Malay who attempted to defend Kuching duringChinese Insurrection
DAYANG MUDA wife of brother of heir apparent
DEVEREUX, Commissioner at Commission
of Inquiry
Borneo Question
DE WINDT, MARGARET LILI ALICE,
later Brooke, Ranee, b. 1849 d. 1936, grandmother from Johnson
family, m. Charles Brooke
Brooke, Good morning; My life
DIANA HMS Diana, steamer, visited Brunei 1843
DIDO HMS Dido, ship commanded by Henry Keppel; in 1843 the Dido was the first Square-rigged vessel to visit Kuching
DOUGLAS, BLOOMFIELD, b. 1824/5?, formerly Royal Navy, then
2nd mate of Royalist
Hahn, James; St. John, Life
DRIVER HMS Driver
EARL, GEORGE WINDSOR, author of 'Eastern
Seas'
Earl, Eastern
EAST INDIA COMPANY (John
Company) ran British India until 1857. Both James
Brooke (1819-1830) and his father ( -1817) worked for the EIC
Furber, John
EASTERN ARCHIPELAGO
COMPANY founded by Henry Wise
in 1847 to develop trade and industry in Sarawak. James
Brooke won a lawsuit against the EAC in 1852; it lost its
charter; replaced by the Borneo
Company
Tarling, Burthen
ELLESMERE, Lord,
Tarling, Burthen
ELLIS, JOHN, killed during attack on Batang Lupar, Aug 1844
EVEREST, Lieut-Commander, Royalist,
Battle of Batang Marau
St. John, Life
FAIRBAIRN, THOMAS, doctor and friend of James Brooke in England. Organised Memorial Fund
FARQUHAR, Commander, HM brig
Albatross, Battle of Batang
Marau
St. John, Life
FINDLAY boat bought by James Brooke's father in 1831 for his son's use in trading missions in 1831 and 1834
FLAG James Brooke introduced a Sarawak flag in 1848 SEE: Related Web Sites
FOO NGYEN KHOON, worked for Francis
McDougall as Chinese writer, teacher, and catechist; later deacon
Saunders, Bishops; Taylor, Anglican
FOX, CHARLES JAMES, d. June
1859; attended Bishop's College, Calcutta; arrived in Sarawak 18 Jan
1851 with Daniel Wilson;
worked for Francis
McDougall in day-school 1851-1855; left Mission to work for James
Brooke in 1855; replaced Charles
Grant in Lundu in 1856; later Resident of the Rejang
at Kanowit Fort where he died
along with Henry Steele
Brooke, Bishop; MSS; Saunders, Bishops; SMJ
GAPUR, HAJI
ABDUL, Datu Bandar 1842-1844; Datu Patinggi 1844-1854, 1857-60;
m. Mina, Inda, children Fatima (m. Sirib Bujang, brother of Patinggi
Ali); brother-in-law of Masahor;
plotted with Sherip Masahor to overthrow James
Brooke in 1854, 1859 (when he was deported to Singapore), and in
January 1860 (from Ponianak); arrested by the Dutch
Cooper, Men; Lockard, Kuching; Pringle, Rajahs; SMJ
GASING, Sakarang chief
loyal to Sarawak
Pringle, Rajahs; Sandin, Sea Dyaks, Sources
GOMES, EDWIN HUBERT, missionary, ordained 1887, son of
William Gomes
Gomes, Sea-Dyaks; 17 years; Saunders, Bishops
GOMES/GOMEZ, WILLIAM HENRY, Revd.; m. (in Singapore) 1856;
children: William Gomes; of Sinhalese-Portuguese descent;
attended Bishop's College, Calcutta; ordained deacon 1850, arrived in
Sarawak 11 June 1852, worked in Home School in Kuching; missionary at
Lundu 10 Jan 1853-1867, ran mission and school, also church from 1855
(consecrated 1863), acting Government Resident in Lundu from 1862;
left Sarawak 1867; appointed to church in Singapore 1872
MSS; Taylor, Anglican
GRANT, ANNIE, b. 1834 d. 1858,
sister of Charles Grant, m.
John Brooke Brooke
Mss; any detailed history
GRANT, CHARLES THOMAS CONSTANTINE,
b. 1831 d. 1891, m. Janet
Matilda Hay 1856, children: Lucy Blanche Cordella (b. 1857 d.
1946), Annie (Nina) (b. 1860 d. 1912), Constance Mary (b. 1862 d.
1940), Margaret (b. 1864 d. 1946), Beatrice (b. 1866 d. 1927), John
(b. 1867 d. 1868), John Patrick (b. 1872 d. 1930); midshipman on
Maeander; private secretary to
James Brooke 1848-1853?;
Resident at Lundu 1853?-
Grant, Tour; Saint, Flourish; Tarling, Burthen
GRANT, FRANCIS, related to Charles
Grant; painter, painted James
Brooke's portrait in 1847 (now in National Portrait Gallery,
London); later President of the Royal Academy
St. John, Life
GRANT, JOHN, b. 1798 d. 1873, Laird of Kilgraston, m.(1)
dau. of Lord Grey, 1820 (2) Lady Lucy
Bruce, children: Margaret, Francis Augustus (b. 1829 d. 1854), Mary
(b. 1830 d. 1908) Charles
Thomas Constantine, Arthur (b. 1832 d. 1853), Annie,
Matilda (b. 1835 d. 1842), Lucy (b. 1836 d. 1876), Eliza (b. 1837 d.
1842), John Ludovic (b. 1839 d. 1854), Robert Henry (b. 1840 d.
1878), Alan (b. 1843 d. 1925), Aldric? (b. 1844 d. 1918), Charlotte
(b. 1849 d. 1921)
Saint, Flourish; Tarling, Burthen; Mss
GRAYLING, JAMES, Revd., related to Francis
McDougall; arrived in Sarawak from England to work as missionary
but suffered a nervous breakdown 1855
Mss; Saunders, Bishops
GREY, Earl/Lord, British Prime Minister
1830-1834; Secretary for War and Colonies 1846-1852
Tarling, Burthen
GUTTA PERCHA resin, like rubber
HAJI Muslim who has undertaken the pilgrimage to Mecca
HARLEQUIN HMS Harlequin, ship, visited Brunei 1843; visited Sarawak 1844 under Captain Hastings
HARRISSON, TOM, Curator, Sarawak Museum,
Harrisson, Malays; Peoples
HART, WILLIAM, b. 1810/11?, formerly mate, then master, of
Royalist
Hahn, James; St. John, Life
HASSAN, MUHAMMAD, Datu Temenggong 1863-1883
Lockard, Kuching; Said, Malay
HASSIM, Rajah Muda, uncle of Sultan
Omar Ali, headed Brunei
operations against Sarawak rebels, 1839-41; gave James
Brooke governorship of Sarawak; moved to Brunei 1844 as Sultan
Omar Ali's chief advisor; d. in
massacre of family 1846
Saunders, Brunei; Tarling, Britain
HAY, MATILDA, (Janet Matilda)
sister of Robert Hay, m. Charles
Grant
Saint, Flourish
HAZARD, ship, assisted James
Brooke in capture of Brunei,
1846
St. John, Life; Saunders, Brunei
HEAD MONEY Money paid by British govt. to British naval
officers for killing or fighting against pirates (by Act of
Parliament, 1825)
Brit. Parl. Papers
HEADHUNTERS/HEADHUNTING read Furness, Home-life; Haddon, Headhunters
HELMS, LUDWIG VERNER, b. 1825
d. 1918, m. Anne Bruce, 1858; Danish trader, arrived in Sarawak, 16
January 1852, as agent of Messrs. R. & J. Henderson; developed
gold and antimony mining around Bau; Kuching Agent for the Borneo
Company from 1856; elected Rajah during Chinese
Insurrection; expanded sago industry in Muka;
left Sarawak 30 May 1872
Helms, Pioneering
HOOVER
Cartwright, Tuan Hoover; Keith, United States
HORSBURGH, ANDREW, Revd., Chaplain at Hong Kong; deputised
for Francis McDougall
1852-1855; nursed James Brooke
through smallpox 1853; missionary at Lingga 1855-July 1856
Taylor, Anglican
HORTON, WILMOT, 1st Lieut., worked as interpreter etc. for Brooke during HMS Dido's skirmish with Balagnini pirates near Natunas Islands
HOSE, CHARLES, anthropologist/biologist, frequent visitor
to Sarawak
Hose, Natural man; Pagan; Field-book; 50 years; Mammals
HOSKINS, Captain, Harbour-Master,
Labuan, 1848-
Hall, Labuan; St. John, Life
HUME, JOSEPH, British politician who campaigned for an
inquiry against James Brooke
Hume, Vindication; Letter; Brit. Parl. Papers
HUNT, 2nd lieut., Jolly
Bachelor, led expedition against pirates off Cape Datu
St. John, Life
HUPE, JOHAN MICHAEL CARL, German missionary in Dutch
Borneo. Visited Sarawak several times 1844-1847; built house later
used as Court House, nicknamed 'bird cage'
Templer, Letters; Taylor, Anglican; Mundy, Borneo; McDougall,
Sketches
IBAN (Sea Dayak)
Pringle, Rajahs; Sandin, Sea Dyaks, Sources
IMAM leading Mosque official / religious leader
IRIS, ship, involved in securing Labuan
for Britain, 1846
Hall, Labuan; St. John, Life
IRONS, DAVID, b. 1796/7?, formerly master mariner, then
master, of Ariel
Hahn, James; St. John, Life
ISTANA rulers' palace
JAFFIR, Sirib, of Lingga; fought with
Hassim and Makota
against insurgents in civil war 1840-41, deposed 1844
St. John, Life
JAPAR, Budrudin's slave; brought Budrudin's ring and news
of his death to James Brooke
in 1846
St. John, Life
JOHNSON, CHARLES ANTHONI,
later Brooke, GCMG, 2nd Rajah, b. 1829 d. 1917, named heir 1865,
ruled 1868-1917, m. Margaret
de Windt, children: Ghita, Harry, Clayton (d. young) Charles
Vyner de Windt, Bertram Willes Dayrell, Henry Keppell (b.
1878 d. 1930)
Brooke, 10 years, Queries, Letters; Crissell, Monarch
JOHNSON, FRANCIS CHARLES,
(Charles), Rev., b. 1807 d. 1871, Vicar of White Lackington, m. Emma
Brooke, children: John
Brooke, Mary Anna (b. 1825 d. 1901), Harriet Helena (b. 1826 d.
1906), Charles Anthoni,
William Frederick (b. 1830 d. 1916), Emma (b. 1832), Henry
Stuart
Mss; any detailed history
JOHNSON, JOHN BROOKE,
later Brooke, Rajah Muda, (Brooke Brooke / Captain Brooke) b. 1823 d.
1868, Captain Connaught Rangers, active in Sarawak 1857-1863 m. (1)
Annie Grant 1856 (2) Julia
Wellstead (d. 1862), children: Basil (b. 1857 d. 1860), John Evelyn
Hope (Hopie) (b. 1858 d. 1935), Matilda Agnes
Brooke, Statement; Tarling, Burthen
JOHNSON, STUART, (Henry
Stuart), d. 1904, in the Sarawak service, m. Mary Bernard. Children:
Violet, Ralph
Mss; any detailed history
JOLLY BACHELOR, James
Brooke's sailing gunboat built in Sarawak in 1843; along with HMS
Dido attacked Paku,
Padi and Rembas
in 1843; also involved in Battle of Batang
Marau
St. John, Life
JULIA, James Brooke's
ship; transported Francis
McDougall and other missionaries to Sarawak May-June 1848
Saunders, Bishops
KALUKA one of the Six Rivers
KAMPONG/KAMPUNG village
KANOWIT river/area, river feeds into
Rejang, 1854 (May)
Stevens, History
KAPITAN head of community
KARIM, ABDUL, Datu Imam 1865-1877
Lockard, Kuching; Said, Malay
KEPPEL, HENRY, Captain the
Hon./Sir, Senior officer of Straits Settlements; commanded HMS Dido
and Maeander, met James
Brooke in Penang, Feb 1843; attacked Seribas 1843, Sakarang 1844
Keppel, Dido; Maeander
KOCH, CHARLES ALEXANDER, m.
Rosina McKee 1859; catechist;
attended Bishop's College, Calcutta; arrived in Sarawak early 1856;
ordained deacon Sep 1856, priest 7 Nov 1858; Banting early 1859
(deputising for Walter Chambers) with James Glover,
deputised for Francis
McDougall Dec 1959-Mar 1862; left Sarawak 1863 and took a post in
Ceylon
MSS; Saunders, Bishops
KOCH, ROSINA, nee McKee, m.
Charles Koch 1859; arrived
in Sarawak as servant to Government Surgeon Correy and his wife who
did not stay
MSS; Saunders, Bishops
KONGSI Chinese secret society; kongsi
at Bau was responsible for rebellion in 1857
Chew, Chinese; Chin, Sarawak; Jackson, Chinese; Leigh, Chinese;
Lockard, Leadership; Voluntary; T'ien, Chinese; Yong, Dream
KRIS
KUCHING capital of Sarawak
Lockard, Kampung; Southeast Asian; Pollard, Kuching
LABUAN island off the
coast of Brunei, now part of
Malaysia. Britain gained this island from Brunei by treaty in 1846;
first officers (1848- ) are James
Brooke (Governor 1848-1852?), Napier,
John Scott, Hugh
Low, and Captain Hoskins;
Spenser St. John was
Governor from 1855?
Hall, Labuan; Tarling, Britain
LANA, MUHAMMAD, Datu Bandar
1844-1865; brother of Bua Hassan; descendant of Patinggi Ali
Lockard, Kuching; Said, Malay
LEE, ALAN, Lingga, killed by
Rentap's forces, Skrang,
Jan 1853
Tarling, Burthen
LONGHOUSE
LORD MELBOURNE English ship rumoured shipwrecked in 1842
LOW, HUGH, m. Miss Napier;
Secretary to the Government, Labuan,
1848-
Hall, Labuan; Low, Sarawak
MACKENZIE, worked for James
Brooke in early 1840s
Hahn, James; St. John, Life
MAEANDER/MEANDER HMS Maeander, ship
commanded by Henry Keppel,
frigate transported first Labuan
officers 1 February - 24 September 1848
Hall, Labuan; St. John, Life
MAIDEN, HENRY EDWARD, b. 1807/8? d. Aug 1844, formerly
merchant, then clerk to Messrs Steward, Smith & Co of Sarawak
Hahn, James; St. John, Life
MALADU/MARADU BAY, Battle of,
1845, involved HMS Vixen, and
Cochrane and Talbot
St. John, Life
MALMESBURY, Lord, British politician; Foreign Secretary
1858-9
Brit. Parl. Papers; Tarling, Burthen
MARRYAT, FRANK S., son of novelist; mishipman on HMS
Samarang; drew pictures of
Sarawak
Marryat, Borneo; Voyaging
MASAHOR/MUSAHOR/MASHOR, Sharif, b.
1810? Igan, d. 1890; son-in-law of Patinggi Ali;
brother-in-law of Abdul
Gapur replaced Abdul Rahman as governor of the Sarikei-Rejang
district; avenged Pengiran Ersat's
death by killing many of Pengiran Matusin's
followers in Mukah; deposed as
governor of Sarikei but reinstated in 1857 in exchange for Brooke
control of Mukah; plotted with Abdul Gapur to overthrow James
Brooke in 1854, 1859 (when Fox
and Steele were killed), and
1860 (using the imposter Tanjang); fled to Mukah; later
banished to Singapore
Cooper, Men; Pringle, Rajahs; SMJ
MATUSIN, killed Ursat
1855 in Muka; then attacked by
enemies including Sirib Masahor.
Pringle, Rajahs; SMJ
MCDOUGALL, FRANCIS THOMAS,
Bishop, 'Frank', b. 30 June 1817 d. 1886; m. Harriette
Bunyon, 1843, children: Charles (Charley) (b. 1845 d. Jun 1854),
Harry (b. 1846/7 d. 1849/50), son (b. 15 Nov 1848 d. 16 Nov 1848),
son (b. & d. Nov 1849), son (b. & d. 1 Aug 1852, Mary (Mab)
(b. 1853), ordained 1846, arrived in Sarawak on 29 June 1848 as its
first missionary, appointed Bishop of Labuan
and Sarawak 18 October 1855, opened Kuching hospital 1859; resigned
1867
Bunyon, Memoirs, Saint, Flourish; Saunders, Bishops
MCDOUGALL, HARRIETTE,
nee Bunyon, m. Francis
McDougall
McDougall, Letters; Sketches; Bunyon, Memoirs; Bramston: Early
Victorian
MEMORIAL FUND organised by
Thomas Fairbairn; raised
9,000 pounds
Tarling, Burthen
MERSAL, Datu Temonggong, 1841-1863; s.
Abang Patah
Lockard, Kuching; Said, Malay
MIDDLETON, m.; 2 sons (d. 1857)
chief constable
MILES, worked coal on Labuan1848-9
Hall, Labuan; St. John, Life
MISSION HOUSE built August 1841
MOKSAIN, Sirib, led Siniawan Malays against Hassim
in civil war
St. John, Life
MOTLEY, JAMES, d. Aug/Sep 1851;
replaced Miles working coal in
Labuan, 1849- ; befriended Burns
Hahn, James; Hall, Labuan
MOULE, HORATIO, Revd.,
chaplain in Singapore; visited Sarawak in 1851 for consecration of
St. Thomas's Church; Sent Ayoon
to work as teacher
Saunders, Bishops; Taylor, Anglican
MUKA Rejang/sago district/3rd division. In 1858 the fort here was disarmed and the area acquired by Sarawak from Brunei
MUMEIN/MUMIN, ABDUL, Pangeran, later Sultan, Brunei;
replaced Hassim as prime minister
in Brunei
Saunders, Brunei
MUNDY, RODNEY, Captain/Sir,
commanded Iris; secured Labuan
for Britain, 1846
Mundy, Narrative
MURDU battle of, February 12, 1844, Sumatra; involved HMSS Harlequin, Wanderer, and Diana; commanded by Admiral Parker; James Brooke wounded
MYERS, GEORGE, b. 1816/17?,
formerly 2nd mate, then mate, of Royalist
Hahn, James; St. John, Life
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