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Arthur William Barton Doctor of Divinity was a Church of Ireland clergyman, from 1939 Archbishop of Dublin.

Background

Born in 1881, the son of the Review Arthur Robinson Barton (1846–1900) and his wife Anne Jane Hayes, Barton had three sisters and an older brother, Samuel (1876–1908), who died at sea.

Education

Barton was educated at Wynyard School, Watford, and Trinity College, Dublin, where he graduated Bachelor of Divinity.

Career

This was the home parish of C. South. Lewis, who attended Barton"s old school in Watford. Lewis referred affectionately to Barton in his autobiography. On 4 April 1930, he was elected Bishop of Kilmore, Elphin and Ardagh, and on 15 February 1939 was translated to become Archbishop of Dublin.

Barton"s son Arthur Henry Barton Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire Registered Nurse (1916–2006) was a playwright, author and broadcaster, who created the British Broadcasting Corporation Radio character Mr Mooney.