Humphrey "Hum" Barton (1900–1980) was an English yachtsman who was influential in the development of deep-sea cruising in the 1950s and 1960s.
Whilst working as a cable layer, he bought his first sailing dinghy in 1922, before upgrading to a sloop.
At the outbreak of the Second World War, Barton became a major and Deputy Commander of Royal Engineers, based in Scotland.
In 1950, Barton and his friend, Kevin O'Riordan, sailed across the Atlantic in a record 47 days, by using a direct route, in the sloop Vertue XXXV.
[1] Danby was born in Australia, and the couple met in Malta, where they would eventually settle down, when they were not living on their 36-foot (11 m) yacht, The Rose Rambler.