Cecil Barton

Sir Cecil Barton
Acting High Commissioner for the Western Pacific
In office
May 1936  November 1936
Monarch Edward VIII
Preceded by Sir Arthur Fletcher
Succeeded by Sir Arthur Richards
Acting Governor of Fiji
In office
May 1936  November 1936
Monarch Edward VIII
Preceded by Sir Arthur Fletcher
Succeeded by Sir Arthur Richards
Acting High Commissioner for the Western Pacific
In office
August 1938  September 1938
Monarch George VI
Preceded by Sir Arthur Richards
Succeeded by Sir Harry Luke
Acting Governor of Fiji
In office
August 1938  September 1938
Monarch George VI
Preceded by Sir Arthur Richards
Succeeded by Sir Harry Luke
Personal details
Born 1891 (1891)
Died 1980 (aged 8889)
Nationality British

Sir Cecil James Juxon Talbot Barton, CMG, OBE (18911980)[1] 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 through November 1936, and his second from August through September 1938.

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."[2]

References

  1. "Fiji". World Statesmen.org. Retrieved 26 November 2016.
  2. "R.Alliance:Quotes". R.Alliance, People and process, together. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
Government offices
Preceded by
Sir Arthur Fletcher
Acting
High Commissioner for the Western Pacific

1936
Succeeded by
Sir Arthur Richards
Acting
Governor of Fiji

1936
Preceded by
Sir Arthur Richards
Acting
High Commissioner for the Western Pacific

1938
Succeeded by
Sir Harry Luke
Acting
Governor of Fiji

1938


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