at St. Kilda, Victoria on 25 October 1913 and was survived by two daughters, one of whom, Alice, was a well-known portrait painter. In 1882, the Victorian government botanist, Ferdinand von Mueller named a newly described plant from Western Australia, Eremophila pantonii in his honour. External links Birthday honours list, 28 May 1895 Panton, CMG Obituary of J.A. Panton References 1831 births 1913 deaths Public servants from Melbourne Australian cartographers People from Aberdeenshire 19th-century Australian public servants Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George Alumni of the University of Edinburgh Scottish emigrants to colonial Australia