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Cornthwaite John Hector (May 6, 1835 – 1880) was the founder of Melbourne, Florida, and its first postmaster. == Early life and family == Cornwaite John Hector was born May 6, 1835 in Van Diemens Land. (However, his application to start a post office lists his birthplace as Liverpool, England.) He was the son of Cornthwaite Hector and Elizabeth Budd.〔 Cornwaite and Elizabeth had emigrated to the British convict colony, Van Diemens Land (now Tasmania, the southernmost of the Australian States) where they had been given a grant of land by the British government.〔 They had arrived on the ship ''Lang'' in December 1828.〔 At ten years old, Hector was present at the Battle of Kororareka in New Zealand.〔 He became notable for his "gallant conduct" at that battle for "bringing up ammunition from the stockade during the heaviest fire,” according to a newspaper report of the time.〔 Hector, along with his brother, George Nelson Hector, worked for Bishop George Augustus Selwyn, (the first bishop of New Zealand) on board various vessels he used to travel among the islands of the Pacific.〔 The Maori Wars prompted many English people to leave New Zealand and the Hector family, with the exception of George Nelson Hector, moved to Australia. By 1850, Hector's mother had died.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Cornthwaite John Hector」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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