Juxon Barton

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.

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
Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire
Died29 September 1980 (aged 89)
Hastings, Sussex, England
NationalityBritish

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

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."

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