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The Struan family and their company Struan's (also called the Noble House) is a fictional family featuring heavily in many of the Asian Saga novels by writer James Clavell. The family plays an important role in the novels ''Tai-Pan'', ''Noble House'', ''Gai-Jin'', and ''Whirlwind''. ''Tai-Pan'' is the first book about the Struan family, although it is preceded by ''Shōgun'' in the Asian saga. The Struan family begins its journey with the story of Dirk Struan, a trader of opium and other goods between China and England. Dirk is the founder of the Noble House and plays a major role in establishing Hong Kong. The fictional Struan family is based on the historical Jardine family of Jardine-Matheson fame, and hails from Ayr, Scotland.〔http://www.factbehindfiction.com/index_files/noblehouse.htm〕 == Tai-Pans of the Noble House == *Dirk Struan (詳細はtai-pan of Struan's Trading Company. In the novel, he marries Tess Brock. She is the daughter of Tyler Brock, founder of Brock & Son's Trading Company and main rival to his father. At the end of the novel Tai-Pan he succeeds Dirk Struan following his death in 1841. He proves to be a weak Tai-Pan and his wife is forced to take on more and more of his responsibility. In 1862 his son Malcolm is overseeing Struans in Japan, and assumes the role of tai-pan upon Culum's death. His mother Tess Struan, and Gordon Chen urge Malcolm to return to Hong Kong to formally become tai-pan, but he is unable to travel due to a samurai ambush which nearly kills him, and leaves him severely wounded. In a series of letters from his mother and uncle Gordon, it is revealed that on his deathbed Culum legally made Tess tai-pan in complete accordance with Dirk Struan's "Legacy". She then countermands Malcolm's orders and orders him to return to Hong Kong by Christmas or be removed from Struans permanently and the mantle of tai-pan will be handed to another. Malcolm dies of an internal hemorrhage in December 1862, and Tess then eventually picks Lochlin Struan to be tai-pan. It is stated by Ian Dunross in "Noble House" that although the title of tai-pan was passed from one to another, Tess Struan maintained the real power of the Noble House until her death in 1917. *Lochlin Struan, a character from Asian Saga, mentioned in the 66th chapter of ''Noble House''. Lochlin was a son of Robb Struan and the third tai-pan of Struan's. Following the death of the fourth tai-pan Dirk Dunross, became tai-pan again. Since the fifth tai-pan is never identified, presumably Lochlin is considered both third and fifth tai-pan. In actuality, he was merely the nominal tai-pan, with actual authority being exercised by Hag Struan. Lochlin died in 1915, and was replaced as tai-pan by Ross Lechie Struan. *Dirk Dunross, a fictional character in the Asian Saga, mentioned in the novel ''Noble House''. He was born in 1852 and became the fourth tai-pan of Noble House. His mother was Winifred Dunross, the daughter of Dirk Struan. He married his cousin Agnes Struan. Their son Colin Dunross became the eight tai-pan, and their grandson Ian Dunross the tenth. He died in 1894, lost at sea aboard 'Sunset Cloud'. *Ross Lechie Struan *Ross Struan, father of Alastair Struan and seventh tai-pan. *Colin Dunross, father of Ian Dunross and eighth tai-pan. *Alastair Struan, Ninth tai-pan; a character in the novel ''Noble House''. He was the tai-pan of Struan's prior to Ian Dunross, running the company through most of the 1950s. His poor management led to the near collapse of Struan's, forcing him to hand control over to Dunross, a man he despised, but who was the only one who could save the company. The combination of the loss of major assets at Suez in the 1950s and a reluctance for Struans to go public almost caused the company to fail. *Ian Dunross, Tenth tai-pan of Struan's in the novel ''Noble House''. Dunross finds his company the target of a hostile takeover from his arch-rival Quillan Gornt at a time when it is desperately overextended. He is also embroiled in international espionage when he finds himself in possession of secret documents desperately desired by both the KGB and MI6. *David MacStruan, a character from the Asian Saga. He is mentioned throughout the novel ''Noble House'' and appears very briefly at the very end of the book. He is the head of Struan's operations in Canada, but is recalled to Hong Kong when he is added to the short list of potential successors to Ian Dunross. In the novel ''Whirlwind'' we learn he did become the eleventh tai-pan after Dunross, but he died in mysterious circumstances. The only witness to the "accident" was Paul Choy, an ally of the next tai-pan Linbar Struan, casting suspicions on his account. Apparently, MacStruan was mountain climbing with Paul Choy when he fell and was fatally injured. He lived long enough for Linbar Struan to be flown to his location and be sworn in as the next tai-pan. *Linbar Struan, a character from the Asian Saga who appears in the novels ''Noble House'' and ''Whirlwind''. In ''Noble House'', Struan is a member of Struan's inner circle and an aspirant to the office of tai-pan. In ''Whirlwind'', we find Struan has become the twelfth tai-pan following the ostensibly accidental death of his predecessor David MacStruan. Linbar proves to be an arrogant and incompetent tai-pan, and the Saga ends with Gavallan and Dunross plotting to put him into early retirement (perhaps with Scot, Gavallan's son, poised to take over in a few years). 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「Struan's」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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