Francis Rickman Barton
| Capt. Francis Rickman Barton CMG | |||||||
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| Born | 1865 | ||||||
| Died | 1947 | ||||||
| Residence |
Union Club, Trafalgar Square Zanzibar; Union Club [1909] Lockerley Manor, Romsey, Hants [1915] 68 Boundary Road, NW8; Union Club [1917] Roundals, Hambledon, Godalming; Savile Club, 107 Piccadilly, W1 [1919] c/o Commander Maxse, RN, 5 Great Peter Street, Westminster, SW1; Savile Club [1933] Veitskapf 8, Feldkirch, Vorarlberg, Austria; Savile Club [1935] | ||||||
| Occupation |
administrative armed services plant collector | ||||||
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Notes
Office Notes
AI Council 1917 Member
AI Council 1918 Member
AI Council 1919 Member
House Notes
Proposed by C.G. Seligman, seconded by T.A. Joyce, 1907.06.26
friend of Charles Gabriel Seligman
Notes From Elsewhere
Born in 1865 in Fundenhall village in the county of Norfolk, son of Rev. Gerard Barton
on 12 May 1908, a year after leaving British New Guinea, he married Santa Carla Tofft, daughter of the composer Alfred Tofft, who was then aged sixteen. [Chris Wright. An unsuitable man, Pacific Arts July 1997]
Capt Francis Rickman Barton (photographer; official; military/naval; collector; English; Male; 1865; - 1945 or 1947)
Captain Francis Rickman Barton (1865 –1947) was an army captain serving in Sierra Leone and Barbados, who went to New Guinea in 1899, becoming private secretary to the Governor, then Resident Magistrate in Central Division in 1903 and Administrator of New Guinea from 1904-7 based in Port Moresby. In 1904 he met the British anthropologist, Charles Seligman (q.v.) - part of the Cook Daniels expedition - carried out field research for him and contributed to his book 'Melanesians of British New Guinea' (Seligman: 1910). Barton resigned in 1908 and moved to Zanzibar. Collected plants,
Born 14 January 1865, son of Rev. Gerard Barton (1834-1889) and Elizabeth Hazard. Full name 'Francis Rickman Barton'. Married 'Santa'. Died 1947, aged ~82.
British Army Captain and colonial administrator who served in Sierra Leone and Barbados. He was appointed Lieut.-Governor of New Guinea (1899), later becoming a Magistrate (1903) and was acting Administrator of Papua New Guinea (1904-1907). He was later posted to Tanzania (1908) as first Minister of Zanzibar.
Publications
External Publications
House Publications
Children's games in British New Guinea, 1908
Tattooing in South Eastern New Guinea, 1918
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Other Material
BM; Natural History Museum; Queensland Museum