Anthony Brooke

Anthony Brooke
H.H.Rajah Muda of Sarawak (titular)
The Rajah Muda of Sarawak whilst at Eton.
Born	(1912-12-10)10 December 1912
Died	2 March 2011(2011-03-02) (aged 98) Wanganui, New Zealand
Burial	Brooke Family Graveyard, Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia (21 September 2013)
Spouse	Kathleen Mary Hudden (div.1965) Brigitte Keller (m.1982–2011)
Issue	James Brooke Angela Brooke Celia Brooke
Father	Bertram Brooke

Anthony Walter Dayrell Brooke (10 December 1912 – 2 March 2011) was appointed the Rajah Muda of Sarawak (heir apparent; Malay: Yang Mulia Tuan Rajah Muda Sarawak) on 25 August 1937, and succeeded to the title of Rajah in 1963 on the death of his uncle, Rajah Vyner of Sarawak the third and last of the ruling White Rajahs.

Brooke was the son of Bertram, Tuan Muda of Sarawak and Gladys Palmer, daughter of Sir Walter Palmer, and heiress to part of the Huntley & Palmers biscuit fortune.

Brooke grew up in England and was educated at Eton College, Trinity College, Cambridge and the School of African and Oriental Studies, University of London. Throughout the 1930s he served the Sarawak civil service in various sectors, including the Land and Registry Department, and as a magistrate.

He enlisted in the British Army as a private soldier in November 1941, during the Second World War, and from 1941 to 1944 served as a Lieutenant in the Intelligence Corps on the staff of the South East Asia Command at Kandy, Ceylon. He was Special Commissioner for Sarawak in the United Kingdom from 1944 to 1945.

Appointed as Heir Apparent with the title of Rajah Muda of Sarawak on 25 August 1937, Brooke was granted the personal style of His Highness. Having been responsible for administering Sarawak between 1939 and 1940, in the absence of the Rajah, he was deprived of his styles and titles on 17 January 1940, then dismissed and expelled from the state in September 1941, following a dispute with his uncle, Rajah Vyner, over his marriage to a commoner, Kathleen Hudden, sister of a Sarawak government official.