Stanley Burbury

Stanley Burbury ( born December 3, 1909 in Perth, Australia, † April 24, 1995 in Hobart, Tasmania ) was an Australian lawyer and Governor of Tasmania.

Life

Burbury studied law at the University of Tasmania and subsequently worked as a lawyer in Hobart. In 1952 he was appointed Attorney General ( Solicitor - General ). From 1956 to 1973 he was Chairman of the Supreme Court of Tasmania ( Supreme Court of Tasmania).

In 1973 he was nominated by Prime Minister Eric Reece as governor of Tasmania. Burbury, the Office until 1982. He was the first governor of Tasmania, who was born in Australia.

Burbury died on 24 April 1995 in Hobart. According to him, the reservoir Lake Burbury was named.

Awards

  • Commander of the Order of the British Empire (1958 )
  • Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (1977 )
  • Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (1981 )
Thomas Gore Browne Charles Du Cane Frederick Weld Robert Hamilton (civil servant) Jenico Preston, 14th Viscount Gormanston Harry Barron Francis Newdegate William Allardyce Ernest Clark (governor) Hugh Binney Sir Ronald Cross, 1st Baronet Thomas Corbett, 2nd Baron Rowallan Charles Gairdner James Plimsoll Phillip Bennett Guy Green (judge) Richard Butler (Diplomat) William Cox (governor) Peter Underwood
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