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
Nationality	British

Sir Cecil 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 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."

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