Deborah Vernon Hackett
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Deborah Vernon Hackett was born in West Guildford, Western Australia on 18 June 1887, the daughter of surveyor Frederick Slade Drake-Brockman
and heroine Grace Vernon Bussell and younger sister of Edmund Drake-Brockman.
At the age of 18, she married (Sir) John Winthrop Hackett, who was forty years her senior. They had a son, later General Sir John Hackett (commander-in-chief of the British Army on the Rhine before becoming principal of King's College London
upon retirement), and four daughters.
In 1932, the University of Western Australia
conferred a honorary Doctorate of Laws to Deborah Hackett.
Frederick Slade Drake-Brockman
Frederick Slade Drake-Brockman was a surveyor and explorer of Western Australia.Born 9 July 1857 at Seabrook near Northam in Western Australia, he was the son of Edmund Ralph Brockman, gentleman-farmer, and Elizabeth Deborah née Slade. He was educated at Bishop Mathew Hale's school and articled in...
and heroine Grace Vernon Bussell and younger sister of Edmund Drake-Brockman.
At the age of 18, she married (Sir) John Winthrop Hackett, who was forty years her senior. They had a son, later General Sir John Hackett (commander-in-chief of the British Army on the Rhine before becoming principal of King's College London
King's College London
King's College London is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom and a constituent college of the federal University of London. King's has a claim to being the third oldest university in England, having been founded by King George IV and the Duke of Wellington in 1829, and...
upon retirement), and four daughters.
In 1932, the University of Western Australia
University of Western Australia
The University of Western Australia was established by an Act of the Western Australian Parliament in February 1911, and began teaching students for the first time in 1913. It is the oldest university in the state of Western Australia and the only university in the state to be a member of the...
conferred a honorary Doctorate of Laws to Deborah Hackett.
Further reading
- F. Alexander,(1963) Campus at Crawley
- B. Buller Murphy,(1949) A Lady of Rare Metal (1949)
- G. Drake-Brockman,(1960) The Turning Wheel
- Alexandra Hasluck,(1983) 'Hackett, Deborah Vernon (1887 - 1965)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 9, Melbourne University Press, pp 149-150.