Juxon Barton

Sir Juxon Barton
Acting High Commissioner for the Western Pacific
In office
May 1936 – November 1936
MonarchEdward VIII
Preceded bySir Arthur Fletcher
Succeeded bySir Arthur Richards
Acting Governor of Fiji
In office
May 1936 – November 1936
MonarchEdward VIII
Preceded bySir Arthur Fletcher
Succeeded bySir Arthur Richards
Acting High Commissioner for the Western Pacific
In office
August 1938 – September 1938
MonarchGeorge VI
Preceded bySir Arthur Richards
Succeeded bySir Harry Luke
Acting Governor of Fiji
In office
August 1938 – September 1938
MonarchGeorge VI
Preceded bySir Arthur Richards
Succeeded bySir Harry Luke
Personal details
Born
Cecil James Juxon Talbot Barton

13 April 1891[1]
Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire
Died29 September 1980 (aged 89)[2]
Hastings, Sussex, England
NationalityBritish

Sir Cecil James Juxon Talbot Barton CMG OBE (13 April 1891 – 29 September 1980) known as Sir Juxon Barton, was a British colonial administrator who twice served as Governor of Fiji and High Commissioner for the Western Pacific. His first term in both roles ran from May to November 1936, and his second from August to September 1938.[3]

Born in Ross-on-Wye, he was the eldest child of Robert Cecil Eustace Barton and Amy Isabella Barton.[4]

Perhaps his best-known quote is: "Be daring, be different, be impractical, be anything that will assert integrity of purpose and imaginative vision against the play-it-safers, the creatures of the commonplace, the slaves of the ordinary."[5]

  1. ^ England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007
  2. ^ "Deaths". The Times. 1 October 1980. p. 26.
  3. ^ "Fiji". World Statesmen.org. Retrieved 26 November 2016.
  4. ^ 1901 Wales Census
  5. ^ "R.Alliance:Quotes". R.Alliance, People and process, together. Retrieved 19 August 2015.