Sydney Thomas Charles Best (7 November 1864 – 8 June 1949) was a long serving Anglican priest in South Australia.
[1] He was engaged in business for some years and closely involved with the (Anglican) St John's Church, Halifax Street, Adelaide.
He enrolled with St Barnabas' College, North Adelaide to study for the ministry, graduated in 1900, was ordained deacon by Bishop Harmer in 1901 and priest in 1902.
[5] He was appointed rector of St Jude's Church, Brighton and All Saints', Seacliff in December 1925[6] and elected canon on 9 March 1934.
He retired from parish work on 30 June 1936, but served from 1939 to 1946 as acting secretary of the Australian Board of Missions and from 1940 to 1944 at the North Adelaide Church of Christ.