Miss Angela Burdett was the elegant lady with the fashionable post
painted by outstanding artist. The upper class society of England was filled with
admiration talk and notes for the gorgeous lady.
She loved Sarawak because there was a hero who fullfilled her dream .Sir James Brooke
was her hero.
The development of Sarawak was largely related to the graceful, kind hearted lady who
gave money to Sir James Brooke as soon as he wrote to her.
Her present in Sarawak history was another gold mine of the legendary land.
Angela Burdett-Coutts as she was known later, was a philanthropist, the daughter of Sir Charles Burdett. Her mother side grand father, was banker Thomas Coutts. In 1837 she became the wealthiest woman in England whebn she inherited her grand father's fortune of nearly three million pounds.
Eleven years younger than Sir James Brooke, Angela was actively receiving letters and contacts from Sir James Brooke.
With the charm of heroic appearnace, Sir James Brooke had wriiten letter to Mrs Brown and thus disclosed that he had, in the past, successfully formed union with another lady and had a son Reubin.
Lady Angela was well known and very helpful to Sir James Brooke. A lady who showed care and freindship to a gentleman who had been seriously wounded during the war in Burma. He was known to have serious injury that rendered him to sexually very safe to the lady.
The fairy tale and freindship continued till sir James Brooke's death in 1868. Angela went to heaven on the 30th of December 1906 with white snow around her beautiful home.
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