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).
[2] George Barton married Jane Crichton Campbell, eldest daughter of the Rev.
[4] Their second child, another son, Edward Gustavus Campbell Barton (electrical engineer, Brisbane) was born 11 December 1857 at South Yarra.
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).
[8] Barton was selected to represent the 'working classes' in the district of North Melbourne for the 1859 general election, which he won.