Charles Vyner deWindt Brooke (26 September 1874 9 May 1963) was the third and final White Rajah, an aristocratic English dynasty named Brookes that founded and ruled the Kingdom of Sarawak from 1841 to 1946. Sarawak was established as a state in northwestern Borneo by Sir James Brooke in 1842 when he obtained independent kingdom status from the Sultanate of Brunei as a reward for helping fight piracy and insurgency. In 1888, Charles Anthony Johnson Brooke, the successor of James Brooke, accepted a British Protectorate, which it remained until 1946, when the third ruler Charles Vyner Brooke ceded his rights to the United Kingdom. Since 1963, Sarawak has been a state of Malaysia.

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Charles Vyner deWindt Brooke (26 September 1874 9 May 1963) was the third and final White Rajah, an aristocratic English dynasty named Brookes that founded and ruled the Kingdom of Sarawak from 1841 to 1946. Sarawak was established as a state in northwestern Borneo by Sir James Brooke in 1842 when he obtained independent kingdom status from the Sultanate of Brunei as a reward for helping fight piracy and insurgency. In 1888, Charles Anthony Johnson Brooke, the successor of James Brooke, accepted a British Protectorate, which it remained until 1946, when the third ruler Charles Vyner Brooke ceded his rights to the United Kingdom. Since 1963, Sarawak has been a state of Malaysia.

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