About Juxon Barton
Lived 1891 – 1980 (aged 89). Juxon Barton was a colonial administrator.
Sir Cecil James Juxon Talbot Barton (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.
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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Who was Juxon Barton?
British colonial administrator
When was Juxon Barton born?
Juxon Barton was born on 13 April 1891 in Ross-on-Wye.
When did Juxon Barton die?
Juxon Barton died on 29 September 1980 in Hastings.
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Juxon Barton was a colonial administrator.
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