C. A. Bampfylde

Charles Agar Bampfylde was a British author and colonial administrator best remembered as the co-author, with Sabine Baring-Gould, of A History of Sarawak under Its Two White Rajahs, 1839–1908. The book remains the work most closely associated with his name.

Available records indicate that he lived from 1857 to 1918. He served as Resident of Sarawak’s First Division from 1896 to 1903, and after returning to Britain he acted as Rajah Charles Brooke’s political agent there from 1903 to 1912.

That combination of administrative experience and firsthand knowledge helped shape his writing. Though not a widely known literary figure today, he is still of interest to readers looking into Sarawak, the Brooke dynasty, and the history of British involvement in the region.