Albert James Hannan

Albert James Hannan QC (27 July 1887 – 1 January 1965) was a lawyer who was Crown Solicitor for South Australia for 25 years .

He was born in Port Pirie, the eldest son of Francis Augustine "Frank" Hannan (1850 – 5 January 1931)[1] and Mary Ellen Hannan (ca.1855 – 24 June 1934), and studied at the local school, then Sacred Heart College, Semaphore, followed by the University of Adelaide.

After a brilliant scholastic career, winning the David Murray Scholarship in 1909 and 1912 and the Stow Prize in 1910 and 1912, he was awarded the LL.B.

He represented the SA and WA Governments at the bank nationalisation appeal before the Privy Council in London in 1949.

[4] He created a controversy when he publicly accused the (Labor) Commonwealth Government of tapping his telephone and interfering with his mail.