Barton, Robert Childers (1881-1975)--DB5185
Biographical Notes
Date of birth and date of death
14.03.1881-10.08.1975
Maiden name, place of origin
Glendalough House, Annamoe, Wicklow
Marital status, religious denomination, children
Married to Rachel Warren Lothrop; Protestant
Social background, family connections
Son of Charles William Barton and Agnes Alexandra Frances; Cousin of Childers, Erskine Hamilton (1905-1974)--DB5186
Education, occupation and public functions
Education
Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester, Gloucestershire: diploma 1901; Rugby School, Christ Church, Oxford: BA, diploma in economics
Occupation
Irish Press Ltd.: Director 1932-; Minister for Economic Affairs; Minister for Agriculture for the first Dail Eireann: 1919 (predecessor of Art O'Connor); Agriculturist and landowner in Annamoe, Glendalough House, Wicklow
Functions in agricultural institutions
Committee of post-war agriculture: Member 1942-1945; Turf Development Board/Bord na Mona: Chairman 1934-1960; Irish Agricultural Organisation Society: Committee member 1910-
Functions in other institutions
Irish Volunteers: Commandant, secretary to the inspector general Col. Maurice Moore; British Army, Royal Dublin Fusiliers: Officer; Banking, Currency and Credit Commission: Member 1934-1938; Hospitals Trust Board: Member; ACC: Chairman 1954
Political activities
TD West Wicklow (Sinn Fein) 1918-; Wicklow County Council: Chairman; Sinn Fein: Member
Short Biography
References
Own publications
Sources
- Daly, Mary E., The First Department: A History of the Department of Agriculture, Dublin 2002, p. 64, 212-213
- Dictionary of Irish Biography
- Hoctor, Daniel, The Department's History, Dublin 1971, p. 115
- Irish Farmers' Journal, 14.08.1954, p. 8
- ARH file no. 3385