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Sir Thomas à Beckett (31 August 1836 – 21 June 1919) was an Australian solicitor and judge. ==Personal== Thomas à Beckett was born in London, England. He was the eldest son of Thomas Turner à Beckett〔 〕 and arrived in Australia with his father (brother of Sir William à Beckett) in January 1851, arriving in Melbourne on the ''Andromache''. À Beckett attended a private school in Melbourne but went back to England in 1856 and on 18 May 1857 became a student at Lincoln's Inn, being called to the bar on 17 November 1857. He returned to Victoria, and was admitted to the bar there on 16 August 1860, and practised before the Supreme Court of Victoria in Melbourne.〔 In 1866 he was made a puisne judge of the Victorian Supreme Court and was frequently required to act as Victoria's Chief Justice. In 1875 à Beckett married Isabella, the daughter of Sir Archibald Michie,〔 who survived him with two sons and three daughters. A younger brother, Edward à Beckett (1844-1932), was a portrait painter. Examples of his work are at the Supreme Court, Melbourne. He was knighted as Knight Bachelor during 1909. In 1916 the Victorian bar presented his portrait by Max Meldrum to the Supreme Court library, and the opportunity was taken to express the affection in which à Beckett was held.〔 Sir Thomas à Beckett died at Melbourne on 21 June 1919. 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「Thomas à Beckett」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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