Brooke Monuments To The North Of Church Of St Leonard is a Grade II listed building in the Dartmoor National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 November 1991. Monument.
Brooke Monuments To The North Of Church Of St Leonard
- WRENN ID
- brooding-vestry-crimson
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dartmoor National Park
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 November 1991
- Type
- Monument
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The following items shall be added to the list:- SHEEPSTOR BROOKE MONUMENTS SX 56 NE 18/1000 To the North of Church of St Leonard GV II
Monuments with railed enclosure to commemorate James Brooke, First Rajah of Sarawak (d1868) and the second Rajah Charles Brooke (d1917). Red Aberdeen granite chest tomb to James Brooke and unusual carved cyclopic granite boulder to Charles Brooke. Enclosed by plain iron railings on granite plinth. After his arrival at Sarawak in 1839, James Brooke was handed the government of the country. He not only assumed responsibility for the administration of justice but also the expansion of trade, the improvement of agriculture and the suppression of piracy and head hunting. Sarawak was ceded to him in full sovereignty after a successful campaign waged against Sea Dyack pirates. He returned to live in Burrator, Sheepscombe in 1863 and was succeeded as Rajah by his nephew Charles.
Listing NGR: SX5600267670
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