George Elliott Barton

George Elliott Barton (20 May 1829 – 31 May 1903)^[1] was a 19th-century lawyer and practised as a barrister in Dublin (Ireland), Melbourne (Victoria), Dunedin & Wellington (New Zealand), Sydney (New South Wales). He was appointed a judge in Dunedin and Wellington, New Zealand.^[2]

Family life[]

George Barton married Jane Crichton Campbell, eldest daughter of the Rev. Dr. Campbell of London, on 8 April 1854 at Melbourne, Victoria.^[3] Their first child, a son, (solicitor Patea & Hawera; Mayor Hawera), was born 13 July 1856 at South Yarra, Victoria.^[4] Their second child, another son, Edward Gustavus Campbell Barton (electrical engineer, Brisbane) was born 11 December 1857 at South Yarra.^[5] He died in Paris, France, on 31 May 1903.^[6] There appears to have been a daughter Anna who lived to adulthood.

Professional life[]

General[]

An Irish Protestant, he was described as a hot-tempered and an "exciteable Irishman" and was the subject of the "Barton Affair" of 1876-78 when he was imprisoned for a month (lawyers were usually fined) for contempt of court by Chief Justice James Prendergast (who he had probably met in the Victorian goldfields).^[7] He was known as "little Barton" to distinguish him from George Burnett Barton or "long Barton" (unrelated) who was also a lawyer and the editor of the Otago Daily Times.^[8]

United Kingdom[]

Australia[]

Barton was selected to represent the 'working classes' in the district of North Melbourne for the 1859 general election, which he won.^[9]^[10] He was particularly concerned with introducing the payment of members of parliament.^[11]

New Zealand[]

He was appointed a judge of the Native Land Court in 1888, but according to Morris resigned and left New Zealand in 1890 following a feud with a fellow judge, dying in Paris in 1903 (although Wilson says he died in 1906).

United States[]

Political career[]

New Zealand Parliament
Years	Term	Electorate		Party
1878–1879	6th	City of Wellington			Independent

He stood unsuccessfully in the 1873 by-election for Wakatipu.

He was a Member of Parliament, representing the City of Wellington electorate from the 1878 City of Wellington by-election to 1879, when he retired.^[12]

External links[]

"History of wireless telegraphy and broadcasting in Australia/Topical/Biographies/Edward Gustavus Campbell Barton - Wikibooks, open books for an open world". Retrieved 19 January 2020.

References[]

^ "DEATH OF MR G. ELLIOTT BARTON". Otago Witness. 10 June 1903. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
^ Cyclopedia Company Limited (1897). "Mr. George Elliott Barton". The Cyclopedia of New Zealand : Wellington Provincial District. Wellington. Retrieved 20 June 2010.
^ "Family Notices". The Argus (Melbourne). Victoria, Australia. 15 April 1854. p. 4. Retrieved 15 January 2020 – via Trove.
^ "Family Notices". The Age. Victoria, Australia. 15 July 1856. p. 2. Retrieved 15 January 2020 – via Trove.
^ "Family Notices". The Age. Victoria, Australia. 14 December 1857. p. 4. Retrieved 15 January 2020 – via Trove.
^ "NEW ZEALAND". The Age. Victoria, Australia. 4 June 1903. p. 6. Retrieved 15 January 2020 – via Trove.
^ Morris, Grant (2010). "Bench v Bar: Contempt of Court and the New Zealand Legal Profession in Gillon v MacDonald (1878)". Victoria University of Wellington Law Review. 41 (3): 541. doi:10.26686/vuwlr.v41i3.5216.
^ Morris, Grant (2014). Prendergast: Legal Villain?. Wellington: Victoria University of Wellington. p. 71. ISBN 978-0-86473-937-7.
^ "THE NEW PARLIAMENT". The Kyneton Observer. Vol. 9, no. 434. Victoria, Australia. 30 August 1859. p. 3. Retrieved 22 March 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
^ "THE NEWS OF THE DAY". The Age. No. 1, 510. Victoria, Australia. 25 August 1859. p. 4. Retrieved 22 March 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
^ Serle, Geoffrey. The Golden Age : A History of the Colony of Victoria, 1851-1861. p. 322. Melbourne: Melbourne University Publishing, 1995. Accessed March 21, 2021. ProQuest Ebook Central.
^ Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand parliamentary record, 1840-1984 (4 ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. p. 182. OCLC 154283103.

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[birthdeath-1] "DEATH OF MR G. ELLIOTT BARTON". Otago Witness. 10 June 1903. Retrieved 24 September 2020.

[NZETC_Barton-2] Cyclopedia Company Limited (1897). "Mr. George Elliott Barton". The Cyclopedia of New Zealand : Wellington Provincial District. Wellington. Retrieved 20 June 2010.

[3] "Family Notices". The Argus (Melbourne). Victoria, Australia. 15 April 1854. p. 4. Retrieved 15 January 2020 – via Trove.

[4] "Family Notices". The Age. Victoria, Australia. 15 July 1856. p. 2. Retrieved 15 January 2020 – via Trove.

[5] "Family Notices". The Age. Victoria, Australia. 14 December 1857. p. 4. Retrieved 15 January 2020 – via Trove.

[6] "NEW ZEALAND". The Age. Victoria, Australia. 4 June 1903. p. 6. Retrieved 15 January 2020 – via Trove.

[GM04-7] Morris, Grant (2010). "Bench v Bar: Contempt of Court and the New Zealand Legal Profession in Gillon v MacDonald (1878)". Victoria University of Wellington Law Review. 41 (3): 541. doi:10.26686/vuwlr.v41i3.5216.

[8] Morris, Grant (2014). Prendergast: Legal Villain?. Wellington: Victoria University of Wellington. p. 71. ISBN 978-0-86473-937-7.

[9] "THE NEW PARLIAMENT". The Kyneton Observer. Vol. 9, no. 434. Victoria, Australia. 30 August 1859. p. 3. Retrieved 22 March 2021 – via National Library of Australia.

[10] "THE NEWS OF THE DAY". The Age. No. 1, 510. Victoria, Australia. 25 August 1859. p. 4. Retrieved 22 March 2021 – via National Library of Australia.

[11] Serle, Geoffrey. The Golden Age : A History of the Colony of Victoria, 1851-1861. p. 322. Melbourne: Melbourne University Publishing, 1995. Accessed March 21, 2021. ProQuest Ebook Central.

[12] Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand parliamentary record, 1840-1984 (4 ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. p. 182. OCLC 154283103.

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