SARAWAK

GENEALOGY

(Brooke)

• 1) Captain Robert Brooke. bapt. 5^th May 1727, educ. Entered the Marine service of the HEIC, Fifth Mate on the Prince of Wales 1743-1744, Fourth Mate Shaftesbury 1746-1748, Second Mate Godolphin 1748-1749, and Caeser 1750-1752, Chief Mate Earl of Holdernesse 1754-1757, Cdr. Earl of Holdernesse 1758-1760, 1761-1762 and 1763-1764, Cdr. Speke 1765-1767, principal managing owner of the Speke 1773-1774. m. Ruth Casson Pattle (b. 1741; d. at Reigate, Surrey, 10^th March 1829, bur. Parish Church of St Thomas à Becket, Widcombe, Bath), daughter of his brother-in-law, Captain Thomas Pattle, of Poplar and Stepney, by his first wife. He d. after 1774, having had issue, an only son:
  • a) Mumtaz ud-Daula, Amir ul-Mulk, Thomas Brooke, Bahadur, Hizabr Jang. b. before December 1760, educ. Writer HEIC 1778, posted to Fort St George, Madras, transferred to Bengal Civil Service 1770, Head Assist. & Registrar Burdwan 1784-1794, Berhampore 1794, Actg. Political Agent 1805-1806, Senior Judge Court of Appeal at Bareilly 1808-1816, retd. 1817. Granted the titles of Mumtaz ud-Daula, Amir ul -Mulk, Bahadur, and Hizabr Jang by the Mughal Emperor. m. (second?, but probably his only legal wife) at Bhagalpore, Bengal, 1^st February 1793, Anna Maria (b. ca. 1773; d. at Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, 24^th September 1843, bur. Parish Church of St Thomas à Becket, Widcombe, Bath), adopted daughter of Lieutenant-Colonel The Hon. James Stuart, 1^st Regt. Foot Guards, who was killed at the Battle of Guildford, North Carolina in 1781, and natural daughter of his elder brother, Colonel The Rt. Hon. William (Stuart), 9^th Lord Blantyre, of a Scottish regiment in the service of the United Provinces of the Netherlands, by Harriet Teasdale. He d. at Widcombe, Bath, Somerset, 30^th November 1835 (bur. there at the Parish Church of St Thomas à Becket), having had issue, including two sons and eight daughters:
    • i) Henry Stuart Brooke. b. at Calcutta, Bengal, 24^th August 1798, educ. HEIC Military Sch., Addiscombe, Surrey. Cadet HEIC service 1814, cmsnd. Ensign 1/30^th BNI 23/8/1815, transf. 22^nd BNI 1816, furlough 1816-1817, prom. Lieut 4/4/1818. He d. unm. at Khurda, Cuttack, 3^rd April 1820 (bur. Cuttack Cemetery).
    • ii) H.H. Rajah Sir James Brooke, Rajah of Sarawak (the fifth child of the second marriage) - see below Sarawak 4.
    • i) Miss. Harriet Grace Brooke. b. Burdwan, Bengal, 4^th January 1794. She d. at Berhampore, 4^th February 1794.
    • ii) Miss. Anna Matilda Brooke. b. at Soony, Burdwan, Bengal, 11^th August 1795. She d. at Berhampore, 4^th January 1796 (bur. there).
    • iii) Miss. Eliza Brooke. b. at Calcutta, Bengal, 11^th April 1797.
    • iv) Emma Frances, Mrs. Francis Johnson. b. 1802. m. 27^th March 1822, The Rev. Francis Charles Johnson (b. 26^th February 1797; d. 22^nd December 1874), sometime Vicar of White Lackington, Somerset, younger son of The Rev. Charles Johnson, sometime Prebendary of Wells Cathedral. She d. 9^th May 1870, having had issue, four sons and three daughters - see Sarawak 3. Copyright© Christopher Buyers
    • v) Miss. Henrietta Brooke. bapt. 31^st May 1808. She d. at Berhampore, Bengal, before 2^nd July 1816.
    • vi) Miss. Anna Matilda Brooke. She d. at Berhampore, Bengal, 9^th July 1816 (bur. there).
    • vii) Margaret, Mrs. James Savage. b. 1805. m. ca. 11^th May 1825, The Rev. James Anthony Savage, of Sussex Square, Brighton. She d. after 1864, having had issue:
      • (1) Anna Maria Frances, Mrs Augustus Leeds. m. 17^th June 1851, Augustus Frederick Leeds (b. 11^th May 1820; d. at Barfield, Ryde, Sussex, 18^th June 1888), third son of Sir George William Leeds, 1^st Bart. of Croxton Park, Cambs., sometime Equerry to HRH The Duke of Sussex, by his second wife, Eleanor, Lady Leeds, second daughter of Owsley Rowley, Esq., of The Priory, St. Neots, Cambs. She had issue, one son:
        • (a) Captain Augustus Rowley Brooke Leeds. b. 15^th May 1852. Capt. 4^th Vol. Btn., Hampshire Regt. m. (first) 14^th July 1881 (div. 1885), Antoinette Anne, daughter of General Sir John Cheape, GCB, of Rossie, co. Fife. m. (second) May 1888, Amy Vaughan (d. 9^th October 1935), daughter of The Rev. John George Jones, sometime Rector of Hurstmonceaux, Sussex. He d. 20^th April 1922.
    • viii) Miss. Harriet Grace Brooke. She d. after November 1835.
  • Judge Thomas Brooke, also had an elder son, brought up together with his other children and presented as the son of an unnamed deceased first wife, but probably the son of Moher Bibi, of Arrah, Bihar, named in his father's will in 1835: Copyright© Christopher Buyers
    • i) Colonel Charles William Brooke. b. at Burdwan, Bengal, 28^th September 1784, educ. HEIC Military Sch., Addiscombe, Surrey. Cadet HEOC service 1800, cmsnd. Ensign 11^th BNI 13/10/1801, prom. Lieut. 1/23^rd BNI 30/9/1803, Adj. 1/23^rd BNI 1806-1809, Brigade QM 1809-1810, Adj. & QM 23^rd BNI 1810-1814, Actg. Sub-Assist. Commissary Gen. 1814-1815, subst. SACG 1815-1823, prom. Capt. 21/10/1815, ACG 2^nd class 1823-1825, prom. Maj. 46^th BNI 30/5/1824, furlough 1826-1829, prom. Lieut-Col. 55^th BNI 1/4/1828, transf. 63^rd BNI 1829, 47^th BNI 1833, Bt. Col. 22/1/1834, transf. 14^th BNI 1835, cdr. of the troops stationed in Oudh 1835-1836. Painted by Zoffany alongside the Nawab of Murshidabad as a child. m. at Meerut, 10^th July 1808, Charlotte (b. 1790; d. at Krishnagar, Bengal, 19^th November 1830), daughter of Lieutenant-General Sir Dyson Marshall, KCB, cdr. 3^rd (Left) dvsn. of the Grand Army during the Mahratta War 1817-1818. He was k. at Fatehgarh, UP, 22^nd April 1836, having had issue, ten children, including:
      • (1) William Brooke. b. at Berhampore, Bengal, 2^nd November 1813. Barrister of Sarawak Cottage, Richmond, Quebec. m. Sarah (b. Quebec, 1824). He d. at Franklin PQ, 7^th January 1909, having had issue, two sons and two daughters:
        • (a) Charles James Brooke, KC. b. ca. 1857. m. at Huntingdon, Quebec, 28^th May 1891, Mary Rose (d. after 1927), eldest daughter of Dr. Alexander Cameron, MD, MPP, of Huntingdon, Quebec, by his wife, Elizabeth McKenzie, daughter of The Rev. Alexander Wallace, of Huntingdon, Quebec. He d. at Ottawa, Ontario, 9^th November 1912, aged 55, having had issue, including one son and one daughter:
          • (i) William Brooke. b. 1894. Private 2^nd (Eastern Ontario Regiment) Btn., CEF, served in the Great War 1915-1917. He d. from pneumonia, while a prisoner of war, at Cologne Germany, 13^th March 1917, aged 23 years (bur. Brussels Town Cemetary, Evere, Vlaams-Brabant, Belgium).
          • (i) Elizabeth E. b. at 157 Main Street, Hull, Quebec, 7^th March 1892. m. at 251 Metcalf Street, Ottawa, Ontario, 27^th June 1917, Martin Farrer Cochran, DLS, of the departmental of the interior, Ottawa.
        • (b) George H. Aylmer Brooke, of Ottawa, Ontario. b. at Quebec, 1862.
        • (a) Emma Charlotte, Mrs John Reeve. m. at St. Ann's Church, Richmond, Quebec, 9^th September 1873, John Reeve, Esq., of Bramston, Northants.
        • (b) Miss Jane Margaret Brooke. b. at Quebec, 1853. She d. at Hatly, Quebec, 13^th October 1903. Copyright© Christopher Buyers
      • (2) Henry Brooke. b. at Berhampore, Bengal, 30^th July 1815.
      • (3) General John Cheape Brooke. b. 16^th May 1818, educ. HEIC Military Sch., Addiscombe, Surrey. Cmsnd. Ensign BNI 12/6/1835, transf. 63^rd BNI 28/6/1836, raised Mewar Bhil Corps 20/5/1848, Assist. Political Agent Mewar & cdt. Mewar Bhil Corps 1848-1861, prom. Maj. 19/8/1859, transf. Bengal SC 18/2/1861, prom. Lieut-Col. 12/6/1861, Pol. Agent Jodhpur & Jaipur 1861-1866, AGG Rajputana 1870-1873, prom. Maj-Gen. 1/10/1877, prom. Lieut-Gen. retd. list 1/7/1887, prom. Gen. 22/1/1889, Magistrate co. Montgomery. Author of "History of Jodhpur" and "History of Mewar". m. 27^th October 1849, Emma Caroline (b. 1830; d. at Jaipur, Rajputana, 3^rd January 1869, bur. there at the New Cemetery), daughter of Lieutenant-Colonel Lucius Horton Smith, sometime cdt. Skinner's Horse, Bengal Army, by his wife, Emma Lydia. He d. at No. 20, Porchester Terrace, Hyde Park, London, 23^rd January 1899.
      • (1) Harriet. b. at Agra, UP, 6^th April 1811.
      • (2) Sophia. b. at Agra, UP, 5^th March 1812.
      • (3) Anna Matilda, Mrs Richmond Houghton. b. at Berhampore, Bengal, 5^th January 1816. m. at Dinapore, Bihar, 12^th December 1833, Major-General Richmond Houghton (b. at Liverpool, 8^th January 1804; m. second, at Mussorie, 22^nd July 1857, Eliza Louisa, née Angelo, and d. at Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, 10^th June 1880), son of Edward Houghton, Esq., by his wife, Elizabeth, née Hasell. She d. at Cawnpore, Oudh, 15^th March 1854. Copyright© Christopher Buyers
      • (4) Sarah, Mrs Henry Morrieson. b. 1822. m. at Wazirabad, 8^th August 1850, her first cousin, Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Augustus Morrieson (b. at Benares, Oudh, 2^nd April 1809; d. at No. 2, Clarendon Villas, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, 24^th January 1870), Hon. Lieut-Col. 63^rd BNI and late Bde. Maj. Cawnpore, son of David Morrieson, Esq., sometime Third Judge at the Murshidabad Court of Appeal, by his wife, Sophia, eldest daughter of Thomas Brooke, Esq., sometime Senior Judge Court of Appeal at Bareilly. She d. at No. 2, Clarendon Villas, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, 22^nd September 1893 (bur. there at Woodbury Park Cemetary), having had issue, two sons and three daughters - see above.
    • i) Sophia, Mrs David Morrieson. b. before 1790. m. David Morrieson (b. at Leith, Edinburgh, 27^th August 1783; d. at Berhampore, Bengal, 25^th October 1821, bur. there), Writer BCS 1799, Judge and Magistrate Burdwan, Assist. Collector Benares 1803-1804, Registrar 1804-1809, Assist. Judge Zillar of Jaunpore 1809-1810, ofctg. Judge Twenty-Four Paganas 1810-1811, Judge Burdwan 1811-1813, officiating Judge Murshidabad Circuit 1813-1819, 4^th Judge Murshidabad Provincial Court of Appeal 1819-1820, 3^rd Judge 1820-1821, eldest son of Colonel David Morrieson, sometime cdt. 26^th BNI, by his wife, Rachel Ann, younger daughter of John Wightman, Esq., né Inglis. She had issue, five sons and one daughter:
      • (1) David Brooke Morrieson. b. at Benares, Oudh, 21^st April 1805, educ. Edinburgh Coll. Writer Bengal Civil Service 1821, Registrar and Assist. Magistrate Dacca 1825-1828, actg. Judge 1828-1829, Registrar Jaunpore 1829-1830, actg. Magistrate and Collector City of Benares 1830-1831, jnt. Magistrate and Dep. Collector 1831-1833, Magistrate and Collector 1833-1837, Judge Jaunpore 1837, Mbr. Revenue Brd. NWP of Agra and Oudh 1853-1855. m. 4^th April 1848, Anna Frances (d. 7^th June 1862), eldest daughter of William Hardinge Tyler, by his first wife, Christina, née Long. He d. 11^th October 1866, having had issue, one son and one daughter.
      • (2) Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Augustus Morrieson. b. at Benares, Oudh, 2^nd April 1809, educ. Edinburgh Coll. Hon. Lieut-Col. 63^rd BNI, and Brigade Major at Cawnpore. m. at Wazirabad, 8^th August 1850, Sarah (b. 1822; d. at No. 2, Clarendon Villas, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, 22^nd September 1893, bur. there at Woodbury Park Cemetary), youngest daughter of his maternal uncle, Colonel Charles William Brooke, by his wife, Charlotte, daughter of Lieutenant-General Sir Dyson Marshall, KCB. He d. at No. 2, Clarendon Villas, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, 24^th January 1870 (bur. there at Woodbury Park Cemetary), having had issue, two sons and three daughters. Copyright© Christopher Buyers
      • (3) Colonel Robert Morrieson. b. at Calcutta, Bengal, 13^th April 1810, educ. Edinburgh Coll. and HEIC Mil. Coll., Addiscombe, Surrey. Cadet HEIC service1826, cmsnd. Ensign 17/3/1827, Ensign 52^nd BNI 1/10/1827, prom. Lieut. 6/5/1829, actg. Adjutant 1834-1836, cdt. Escort to the AGG Rajputana 1836, ofctg. A 1837-1838, Assist. to the AGG 1838-1847 & 1850, Assist.-in-charge Haraoti Political Agency 1847, Political Agent Jaipur 1847-1848, Bharatpur, and Haraoti 1858-1860, rejoined his regiment and served in the 2^nd Sikh War 1848 at Multan and Gujerat (rcvd: medal with clasp), prom. Capt. 24/1/1845, prom. Maj. 10/5/1857, prom. Lieut-Col. 4/2/1861, retd. Hon. Col. 31/12/1861. He d. at Great Malvern, Worcestershire, 4^th June 1885.
      • (4) Lieutenant-Colonel John Morrieson. b. at Calcutta, Bengal, 14^th February 1813, educ. Edinburgh Acad. and HEIC Mil. Coll., Addiscombe, Surrey. Cadet 52^nd BNI 7/6/1830, transf. 54^th BNI 1832, actg. Ensign 16/7/1832, transf. 73^rd BNI 18/2/1833, cmsnd. Ensign 30^th BNI 20/8/1833, prom. Lieut. 2/12/1836, actg. Instructor & QM 1^st Light Cavalry 1838-1840, Instructor & QM 30^th BNI 1840-1846, served in First Afghan War 1842 at Khyber Pass, and the advance on Kabul (rcvd: medal), Second Sikh War at passage of Chenah, Chilianwala (wounded), Gujerat, pursuit of Sikhs and Afghans to Peshawar (rcvd: medal 2 clasps), prom. Capt. 30^th BNI 19/1/1846, furlough 1850-1853, Bt. Maj. 28/11/1854, retd. 31/12/1861. He d. at Medwyn Villa, Queen's Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, 12^th November 1877 (bur. there at Woodbury Park Cemetary).
      • (5) Lieutenant William Morrieson. b. at Calcutta, Bengal, 13^th May 1816, educ. Edinburgh Acad. and HEIC Mil. Coll., Addiscombe, Surrey. Cadet 1832, cmsnd. Ensign 20/5/1834, Ensign 38^th BNI 7/7/1834, transf. 25^th BNI 5/11/1834, transf. 54^th BNI 5/2/1835, prom. Lieut. 14/5/1837, actg. Adj. 20/9/1838, subst. 9/2/1839, served in First Afghan War 1842 at the outbreak of Kabul. He was k. during the retreat from Kabul, at Gandamak, Afghanistan, 13^th January 1842.
      • (1) Anna Maria Morrieson. b. at Calcutta, Bengal, 11^th July 1811.
• 1) Elizabeth. b. ca. 1715. m. as his second wife, Captain Thomas Pattle (b. ca. 1710; d. after 1748), of Poplar and Stepney, son of Edward Pattle, Esq., by his wife, Ruth, née Casson. She d. ca. 1770, having had issue, a son.

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