Septimus Burt

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.

Burt was born on 25 October 1847 at St Kitts in the West Indies, and educated at a private school at Melksham, Wiltshire, England.

In January 1861 Burt arrived in Western Australia with his parents,

He served as an articled clerk to George Frederick Stone, and was admitted to the bar in 1870. In 1876, Burt went into partnership with Edward Albert Stone (George Frederick's son), in the firm Stone and Burt. He also declined several invitations to join the bench of the Supreme Court, including the position of chief justice at the request of Premier George Leake in 1901.

He died on 15 May 1919, and is buried at Karrakatta Cemetery.

Political career

In 1874 Burt accepted a nominated membership of the Western Australian Legislative Council. In 1879 he relinquished that nominee membership, and in the general election of 1880 was elected unopposed for the district of Murray and Williams. resignation of the incumbent Alfred Hensman. Burt remained as attorney-general until December 1886. Sir Malcolm Fraser KCMG took over in 1892 as the official agent-general for Western Australia. Burt was also a member of the Executive Council (1890–1901). He also served as "minister without portfolio" from 1897 to 1900. Red Hill, Gifford Creek and Minne Creek. and Sarah Annie Wright) in 1872. Their daughter Annie married member of parliament Arthur Jenkins.

He was a synodsman, trustee and legal advisor for the Church of England, and a close friend of Archbishop Charles Riley.

In 1917 Burt and his wife funded and donated to the church the Burt Memorial Hall on St Georges Terrace, as a memorial to their two sons killed during . Initially it was to commemorate their son Theodore, who died in 1917, but a second son, Francis, was killed in 1918 before the construction was complete.

Burt was captain of the Perth Cricketers in 1871, president of the Carnarvon Club 1917–1918, and a foundation member of the Weld Club.