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General Sir John Winthrop Hackett GCB, CBE, DSO & Bar, MC (5 November 19109 September 1997) was an Australian-born British soldier, painter, university administrator, author and in later life, respected and sought-after commentator. ==Early life== Hackett, who was nicknamed "Shan", was born in Perth, Western Australia. His Irish Australian father, also named Sir John Winthrop Hackett (1848–1916), originally from Tipperary,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=John Winthrop Hackett Junior (1910 - 1997) )〕 was educated at Trinity College, Dublin (B.A., 1871; M.A., 1874), and migrated to Australia in 1875, eventually settling in Western Australia in 1882 where he became a newspaper proprietor and editor, and a politician.〔Lyall Hunt (1983) ('Hackett, Sir John Winthrop (1848–1916)' ), Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 9, (MUP).〕 His mother was Deborah Drake-Brockman. Her parents were prominent members of Western Australian society: Grace Bussell, famous for rescuing shipwreck survivors as a teenager and Frederick Slade Drake-Brockman, a prominent surveyor and explorer. Deborah had three sisters and three brothers.〔 On 3 August 1905, aged 57, Hackett senior married eighteen-year-old Deborah Drake-Brockman (1887–1965)—later Deborah, Lady Hackett; Deborah, Lady Moulden; and Dr Deborah Buller Murphy—a director of mining companies.〔Alexandra Hasluck (1983) ('Hackett, Deborah Vernon (1887–1965)' ), ''Australian Dictionary of Biography'', Volume 9, (MUP)〕 They had four daughters and son. Hackett senior died in 1916. Lady Hackett remarried in 1918〔Elizabeth Kwan (1986) ('Moulden, Sir Frank Beaumont (1876–1932)' ), Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 10, (MUP)〕 and moved to Adelaide to live. Hackett junior received secondary schooling at Geelong Grammar School in Victoria, after which he travelled to London to study painting at the Central School of Art. He then studied Greats and Modern History at New College, Oxford, earning an M.A. As his degree was not good enough for an academic career, Hackett joined the British Army and was commissioned into the 8th King's Royal Irish Hussars in 1933, having previously joined the Supplementary Reserve of Officers in 1931.〔''The Desert Rats, 7th Armoured Division'', Robin Neillands, Aurum Press, 2005, p18〕 During his military training he completed a thesis in history with focus on the crusades and the early Middle Ages, particularly Saladin’s campaign in the Third Crusade, for which he was awarded a B. Litt. He also qualified as an interpreter in French, German and Italian, studied Arabic, and eventually became fluent in ten languages.〔Barker, Dennis. ('Obituary – General Sir John Hackett' ) The Guardian (Manchester), 10 September 1997, p. 15.〕〔 He served in Mandate Palestine and was mentioned in despatches in 1936,〔 and then with the Trans-Jordan Frontier Force from 1937–1941 and he was twice mentioned in despatches.〔 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「John Hackett (British Army officer)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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