The Hon Septimus Burt KC (25 October 1847 – 15 May 1919) was a Western Australian lawyer, politician and grazier, the son of Sir Archibald Burt.[1]
Burt was born on 25 October 1847 at St Kitts in the West Indies, and educated at a private school at Melksham, Wiltshire, England.[1][2] His family had been resident in the West Indies since 1635, primarily involved in administration of the Leeward Islands and in sugar plantations. Burt's great-great-great-uncle, William Mathew Burt, was governor-general (1776–1781) of the Leeward Islands during the American War of Independence.[3][4][5][6][7]
^The House of Commons: 1660 - 1690; 3, Members M - Y, Stanley T. Bindoff, John S. Roskell, Lewis Namier, Romney Sedgwick, David Hayton, Eveline Cruickshanks, R. G. Thorne, P. W. Hasler
^Bolton, Geoffrey; Byrne, Geraldine (2005). May it please Your Honour : a history of the Supreme Court of Western Australia 1861-2005. ISBN0-9590067-7-X.