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Sir Francis Brooks "Bob" Purchas PC, QC (19 June 1919 – 9 September 2003) was a British judge who sat on the Court of Appeal. ==Early life== Francis Brooks Purchas was the son of Captain Francis Purchas of the 5th Royal Irish Lancers. As a child Francis was taken for a short time to India, where his father was posted. It was there that he acquired the nickname "Bob" - a shortened version of the Hindi for baby.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Sir Francis Purchas - Obituary )〕 He was educated at Marlborough College and Trinity College, Cambridge, where he was a member of the Hawks' Club.〔 In World War II he was commissioned in the Royal Engineers, he served on General Eisenhower's general staff in the North Africa Campaign as a cartographer where he was awarded the Africa Star. Later in the war he would also win the Italy Star during the advance into Italy. He later served at the Allied Military Commission in Vienna, and was eventually demobilised as an honorary Lieutenant Colonel. After the War he returned to Cambridge, and switched to studying law. He graduated and was called to the Bar in 1948. Later he would specialise in parliamentary and local government work. He took Silk in 1965, and served as leader of the South Eastern circuit from 1972 to 1974.〔 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「Francis Purchas」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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