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.
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