Stanley Burbury
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Sir Stanley Burbury | |
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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 |
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| Born | 3 December 1909 Western Australia, Australia |
| Died | 24 April 1995 (aged 85) Hobart, Tasmania, Australia |
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 1973–82.
Biography
Stanley Burbury was born on 3 December 1909 in Western Australia. He had a distinguished career in law in Tasmania, culminating in becoming Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Tasmania.
He 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.
He died on 24 April 1995 at Hobart, Tasmania.
Honours
He was created a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE) in the 1958 New Year's Honours.[1]
On 20 April 1977, during the 1977 Royal Visit, Queen Elizabeth II made him a Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO).[2]
On 28 August 1981 he 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]
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