Captain Harry Willes Darell de Windt (1856- 1933) born in Paris, was the aide-de-camp to his brother-in-law Charles Brooke, Rajah of Sarawak, an explorer and author of many books about his travels. His books were published under the name of Harry de Windt. His works include: On the Equator (1882), From Pekin to Calais by Land (1890), A Ride to India Across Persia and Baluchistan (1890), Ennui de Voyage (1890), Siberia as it is (1892), The New Siberia (1895), A Queer Honeymoon (? ), Through the Gold Fields of Alaska (1898), True Tales of Travel and Adventure (1899), Finland as it is (1901), From Paris to New York by Land (1902), Through Savage Europe (1905), Moles and Their Meaning (1908), My Restless Life (1908), A Woman in Black (1912) and Russia as I Know it (1916).