Cecil Barton
| Sir Cecil Barton | |
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| Acting High Commissioner for the Western Pacific | |
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In office May 1936 – November 1936 |
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| Monarch | Edward VIII |
| Preceded by | Sir Arthur Fletcher |
| Succeeded by | Sir Arthur Richards |
| Acting Governor of Fiji | |
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In office May 1936 – November 1936 |
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| Monarch | Edward VIII |
| Preceded by | Sir Arthur Fletcher |
| Succeeded by | Sir Arthur Richards |
| Acting High Commissioner for the Western Pacific | |
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In office August 1938 – September 1938 |
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| Monarch | George VI |
| Preceded by | Sir Arthur Richards |
| Succeeded by | Sir Harry Luke |
| Acting Governor of Fiji | |
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In office August 1938 – September 1938 |
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| Monarch | George VI |
| Preceded by | Sir Arthur Richards |
| Succeeded by | Sir Harry Luke |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1891 |
| Died | 1980 (aged 88–89) |
| Nationality | British |
Sir Cecil James Juxon Talbot Barton, CMG, OBE (1891–1980) 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."
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