Sydney Charles Burt | |
Order: | 1st |
Office: | Premier of the Kingdom of Viti |
Term Start: | 5 June 1871 |
Term End: | 18 May 1872 |
Successor: | George Austin Woods |
Order1: | 3rd |
Office1: | Attorney General of Fiji |
Monarch1: | Seru Epenisa Cakobau |
Term Start1: | 1873 |
Term End1: | 1874 |
Predecessor1: | Charles Rossiter Forwood |
Successor1: | J.H. De Ricci |
Birth Date: | c. 1826 |
Death Date: | (?) |
Nationality: | British |
Spouse: | Alice Frances Holmes (m. 24 June 1851) |
Profession: | Lawyer |
Sydney Charles Burt (c. 1826–c. 1892) was the first Premier of the Kingdom of Viti (1871–1872). He then served as Attorney General from 1873 to 1874.
Burt was born in 1831 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. He was the son of John Burt and Martha.
He married Alice Frances Holmes on 24 June 1851.[1] Burt was the father of five children.