James Barrington (diplomat) explained

Honorific Prefix:	Maha Thray Sithu
James Barrington
Ambassador From:	Myanmar
Country:	the United States
Successor:	Win (Burmese diplomat)
Ambassador From2:	Myanmar
Country2:	the Headquarters of the United Nations
Term Start2:	1950
Term End2:	1955
Successor2:	U Thant
Ambassador From3:	Myanmar
Country3:	Canada
Term Start3:	February 11, 1963
Term End3:	January 16, 1970
Successor3:	Thakin Chan Tun
Birth Date:	4 August 1911
Death Place:	Edmonton, Alberta
Education:	1933 matriculated from Government English High School, Maymyo,
Alma Mater:	1936 B.A. (Hons) University of Rangoon. 1936-38 Oxford University.

Maha Thray Sithu James Barrington was a Burmese diplomat.

Life

In September 1936 appointed to the Indian Civil Service (British India).
Up to 1942 he served as administrative officer in the district.
On independence of Burma he was appointed Permanent Secretary of the Foreign Office (Myanmar).
From 1950 to 1955 he was ambassador in Washington, D.C. and concurrently Permanent Representative next the Headquarters of the United Nations.^[1]
In April 1956 he was reappointed Permanent Secretary, Foreign Office (Myanmar).
In May 1961 he became member of the delegation, Geneva Conference on Laos.^[2]
From February 11, 1963 to January 16, 1970 he was Ambassador in Ottawa.^[3]

James Barrington, Permanent Representative of Burma to the United Nations, photographed at a meeting of the Assembly's Political Committee. 04 December 1953 http://www.unmultimedia.org/s/photo/detail/167/0167987.html
People's Literature Committee and House, Who's who in Burma, 1961, p. 13
The New York Times, Saturday April 4, 1992, Orbitaries