Arthur William Barton (1 June 1881 – 22 September 1962) was a Church of Ireland clergyman, from 1939 Archbishop of Dublin.
Barton was educated at Wynyard School, Watford (which was notorious for its harsh discipline),[1] and Trinity College, Dublin, where he graduated Bachelor of Divinity in 1903.
[2] On 31 March 1914 Barton was instituted as Rector of St Mark's, Dundela, Belfast, remaining there until 1925,[2] and married Zoe Dorothy Victoria Cosgrave a few weeks after his arrival, on 21 April 1914.
This was the home parish of C. S. Lewis, who attended Barton's old school in Watford.
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.