Stanley Burbury
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Sir Stanley Burbury KCMG, KCVO, KBE | |
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21st Governor of Tasmania | |
In office 5 December 1973 – 16 March 1982 | |
Monarch | Elizabeth II |
Preceded by | Sir Edric Bastyan |
Succeeded by | Sir James Plimsoll |
Personal details | |
Born | Perth, Western Australia | 3 December 1909
Died | 24 April 1995 Hobart, Tasmania | (aged 85)
Sir Stanley Charles Burbury, KCMG, KCVO, KBE (3 December 1909 – 24 April 1995) was an Australian jurist. He was the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Tasmania, and the first Australian-born person appointed as Governor of Tasmania, serving from 1973 to 1982.
Biography[]
Stanley Burbury was born on 3 December 1909 in Perth, Western Australia. He had a distinguished career in law in Tasmania, culminating in becoming Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Tasmania.
Burbury was appointed Governor of Tasmania in 1973, the first Australian to hold the office. He was also National President of the Winston Churchill Memorial Trust.
Burbury died on 24 April 1995 at Hobart, Tasmania.
Honours[]
Burbury was created a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE) in the .[1]
On 20 April 1977, during the 1977 Royal Visit, Queen Elizabeth II made Burbury a Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO).[2]
On 28 August 1981 Burbury was made a Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG).[3]
Legacy[]
The impoundment that was created by Hydro Tasmania on the King River on the West Coast of Tasmania, is called Lake Burbury.
The University of Tasmania has a lecture theatre named after Stanley Burbury.
Burbury Close, a street in Barton in the Australian Capital Territory is named after Stanley Burbury.[4]
References[]
- ^ "Judge Stanley Charles BURBURY: The Order of the British Empire – Knights Commander (Civil) (Imperial)". Australian Honour's search facility. Retrieved 5 March 2019.
- ^ "Judge Stanley Charles BURBURY: Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (Imperial)". Australian Honour's search facility. Retrieved 5 March 2019.
- ^ "Judge Stanley Charles BURBURY: Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (Imperial)". Australian Honour's search facility. Retrieved 5 March 2019.
- ^ "Search for Burbury Close". ACT Environment and Planning Directorate. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
- 1909 births
- 1995 deaths
- Governors of Tasmania
- Chief Justices of Tasmania
- Australian Knights Commander of the Order of the British Empire
- Australian Knights Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George
- Australian Knights Commander of the Royal Victorian Order
- Judges of the Supreme Court of Tasmania
- 20th-century Australian judges
- Australian Queen's Counsel
- Australian barristers
- University of Tasmania alumni