Simon Staughton (1797–1863)[1] was a pioneer of the district surrounding Exford, in Victoria, Australia.
Staughton came to what is now Victoria (then part of the Colony of New South Wales) in 1841 with his wife Mary Susan, daughter Mary Susan and three sons, Simon Frederick, Samuel Thomas and Stephen George.
After a long journey from England in the sailing ship Himalaya they landed at Liardet's Beach, now Port Melbourne.
Exford, Eynesbury, Lindisfern and Staughton Vale were parts of the earliest Port Phillip grazing runs.
Simon Staughton accumulated considerable wealth in the next few years by trading and brought 40,000 sovereigns to Australia.