Editing Francis Burt (judge) (section)

{{Short description|Australian jurist}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix    = [[The Honourable]]
| name                = Sir Francis Burt
| honorific-suffix    = {{post-nominals|country=AUS|AC|KCMG|QC|size=100%}}
| image               = Sir Francis Burt.jpg
| order               = 27th
| office              = Governor of Western Australia
| term_start          = 20 March 1990
| term_end            = 31 October 1993
| monarch             = [[Elizabeth II]]
| premier             = [[Carmen Lawrence]]<br />[[Richard Court]]
| predecessor         = [[Gordon Reid (governor)|Gordon Reid]]
| successor           = [[Michael Jeffery (Australian Army officer)|Michael Jeffery]]
| order2              = 11th
| office2             = Chief Justice of Western Australia
| term_start2         = 1977
| term_end2           = 1988
| predecessor2        = [[Lawrence Jackson (Australian judge)|Sir Lawrence Jackson]]
| successor2          = [[David Malcolm]]
| birth_name          = Francis Theodore Page Burt
| birth_date          = {{birth date|1918|6|14|df=y}}
| birth_place         = [[Mosman Park, Western Australia]]
| death_date          = {{death date and age|2004|9|8|1918|6|14|df=y}}
| death_place         = [[Perth]], Western Australia
| restingplace        = 
| nationality         = Australian
| spouse              = 
| relations           = 
| children            = 
| residence           = 
| alma_mater          = [[University of Western Australia]]
| occupation          = 
| profession          = <!--Military service-->
| nickname            = "Red"
| allegiance          = Australia
| branch              = [[Royal Australian Navy]]<br/>[[Royal Australian Air Force]]
| serviceyears        = 1940–1942 (RAN)<br/>1943–1946 (RAAF)
| rank                = [[Flight Lieutenant]]
| unit                = {{HMAS|Leeuwin|naval base|6}}<br/>[[No. 10 Squadron RAAF]]
| commands            = 
| battles             = [[Second World War]]
| awards              = 
}}
[[File:Old Courthouse, Perth.jpg|thumb|right|The Old Courthouse adjoining the Supreme Court Buildings in Stirling Gardens which house the Francis Burt Law Education Centre and Museum.]]

'''Sir Francis Theodore Page Burt''' {{post-nominals|country=AUS|AC|KCMG|QC}} (14 June 1918 – 8 September 2004) was an Australian [[jurist]] who served as the 11th [[Chief Justice of Western Australia]], from 1977 to 1988, and the 27th [[Governor of Western Australia]], from 1990 to 1993.

Burt was born in [[Cottesloe, Western Australia|Cottesloe]], a suburb of [[Perth]] Western Australia, and educated at [[Guildford Grammar School]]. He studied law at the [[University of Western Australia]], and also served in the [[Royal Australian Navy]] and the [[Royal Australian Air Force]] during the [[Second World War]]. Burt was made a justice of the [[Supreme Court of Western Australia]] in 1969, and was promoted to Chief Justice in 1977. As Chief Justice, he served as lieutenant-governor. When the Governor of Western Australia, [[Gordon Reid (governor)|Gordon Reid]], resigned in 1989, Burt was appointed to succeed him and served as governor until 1993.