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}} Sir William Draper KCB (1721 – 8 January 1787), was a British military officer who conquered Manila in 1762, but was involved in the unsuccessful defence of Minorca in 1782. He was also involved in 1774 with a key meeting that agreed an early set of cricket rules including the leg before wicket rule. == Biography == Draper was born in Bristol, then the second largest city in England, to a young Customs Officer. His father died the following year and the family struggled for money for many years, spending some time in India.〔Dreaper p.3-6〕 Draper was educated at Eton, to which he won a scholarship in 1733, and King's College, Cambridge. In 1744, during the War of Austrian succession he became an Ensign in Lord Henry Beauclerk's regiment, adjutant in the 1st Foot Guards in 1746, and a lieutenant and captain in 1749. In 1756 he married his first wife, Caroline, daughter of Lord William Beauclerk.〔He was also married with Eliza, she leave (forsake) him 1773 in Bombay.〔Linda COLLEY: Leben und Schicksale der Elizabeth Marsh - Eine Frau zwischen den Welten des 18. Jahrhunderts, Aus dem Englischen von Ulrike Bishoff, (Zweitausendeins, 1. Auflage 2008), S. 243, 245, ISBN 978-3-86150-881-6 〕/> 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「William Draper (British Army officer)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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