Box 606767848
Container
Contains 7 Results:
File belonging probably to Bertram Brooke, 1940-1955
folder
Divided into three parts, II, III, and IV. Comprises: Part II (fols. 1-86) Correspondence with Bertram Brooke, extracts and notes by him, mostly about the change in the succession to the Raj, 8 Jul 1940-1947. Correspondents, listed in order of appearance in the file, include the following:
Sylvia Brooke, Ranee
C.V. Brooke, Rajah
G.E.J. Gent, Colonial...
Extents: 234 Leaves
Dates:
1940-1955
Rajah's Dependants: correspondence and legal papers relating to payments to Sir Charles Vyner Brooke's family and others, 1954-1957
folder
With eight items. Comprises:
(fols. 1-13) correspondence between Oliver Lyttelton, S/S Col., and C.V. Brooke (several copies) about the Rajah's Dependants Order 1946 and proposed amendments to it, 26 Mar-20 Apr 1954
(fols. 14-25) 'Statement by Rajah Sir Charles Vyner Brooke, G.C.M.G.' about the succession to the Raj and financial arrangements, including the Dependants Order, n.d.
...
Extents: 124 Leaves
Dates:
1954-1957
Anthony Brooke: correspondence and related papers, 1956-1965
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With two items. Comprises:
(fols. 1-12) 'Council Negri': correspondence between Anthony Brooke and Ong Kee Hui, Unofficial Member of the Council, about the new Constitution, a letter from Brooke to Dr Sockalingam about the House of Lords Debate on 15 Nov 1956, and related papers, 19 Jul-16 Nov 1956
(fols. 13-21) two letters from Malcolm MacDonald to Anthony Brooke about MacDonald's book...
Extents: 64 Leaves
Dates:
1956-1965
Lords Debate: correspondence about the Debate on Sarawak, 15 Nov 1956, and related matters, 14 Nov-5 Dec 1956
folder
Correspondence between Anthony Brooke and the following:
Guy Arnold
peers (Lords Coleraine, Grantchester, Listowel, Lucan, Milverton, Rea, Reith, Tweedsmuir, and Winterton)
bishops (Chichester and Borneo).
Extents: 35 Leaves
Dates:
14 Nov-5 Dec 1956
'Vyner Brooke's Will': papers connected with his death on 9 May 1963, 1959-1963
folder
Comprises:
(fols. 1-5) copy of the Will and Codicil, 9 Jun 1959
(fols. 6-9) copies of death certificates of H.H. Kortright, J.A. Smith, A.W. Hansen, and C.V. Brooke, 29 Jan 1961-9 May 1963
(fols. 10-17) Bills related to 'Vyner deceased', 9-24 May 1963
(fols. 18-19) articles about the Brooke dynasty, from the Straits Times and...
Extents: 46 Leaves
Dates:
1959-1963
'First Rajah's Will': correspondence and related papers about the will of the first Rajah, 17 May-8 Aug 1963
folder
With two items. Also about the appointment of Charles Martine as an additional Trustee following the death of the third Rajah. Correspondents include:
T.S. Page
H. Thackwell-Lewis
A.M. Hughes.
Extents: 9 Leaves
Dates:
17 May-8 Aug 1963
Papers of Anthony Brooke, Rajah Muda, and Lord Tanlaw: Sarawak State Papers (continued), 1940-1965
File
Shelfmark: MSS. Pac. s. 83/2, Vol. 27