Stanley Burbury

Infobox Prime Minister
name =Stanley Charles Burbury


birth_date =birth date|1909|12|3|df=y
birth_place =Western Australia, Australia
death_date =death date and age|1995|4|24|1909|12|3|df=y
death_place =Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
spouse =
order =21st Governor of Tasmania
term_start =December 5 1973
term_end =March 16, 1982
successor =James Plimsoll
predecessor =Edric Bastyan|

The Hon. Sir Stanley Charles Burbury, KCMG, KCVO, KBE (3 December 1909–24 April 1995) was the Governor of Tasmania from 1973 to 1982. He was the first Australian-born (not British) person appointed as governor in Tasmania.

Prior to his appointment as Governor, Stanley Burbury had been Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Tasmania, the culmination of a distinguished career in law in Tasmania.

Sir Stanley was born on 3 December 1909 in Western Australia, and died on 24 April 1995 at Hobart, Tasmania. He was created a KBE in 1958, a KCVO in 1977 and a KCMG in 1981.

The first Australian to hold the office, he was hugely popular as Governor, and was also National President of the Winston Churchill Memorial Trust.

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.