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.^[3]

Sir Juxon 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	Cecil James Juxon Talbot Barton 13 April 1891[1] Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire
Died	29 September 1980 (aged 89)[2] Hastings, Sussex, England
Nationality	British

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]