Peter Stallard

Sir Peter Stallard
KCMG CVO MBE
21st Lieutenant Governor of the Isle of Man
In office
1966–1974
MonarchElizabeth II
Preceded bySir Ronald Garvey
Succeeded bySir John Paul
Personal details
Born
Peter Hyla Gawne Stallard

6 March 1915
Died25 October 1995 (1995-10-26) (aged 80)
NationalityBritish
SpouseMary Elizabeth Kirke
ChildrenOne son and one daughter
Alma materCorpus Christi College, Oxford
Military service
Allegiance United Kingdom
Branch/service British Army
Years of service1939-1945
RankLieutenant-Colonel
Battles/warsWorld War II

Sir Peter Hyla Gawne Stallard KCMG CVO MBE (6 March 1915 – 25 October 1995) was Lieutenant Governor of the Isle of Man from 1967 to 1972.

Career

Educated at Bromsgrove School and Corpus Christi College, Oxford,[1] Stallard joined the colonial service in Nigeria in 1937.[2] He served in West Africa and Burma during World War II being given an emergency commission in 1941 and reaching the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel by the end of the War.[3] He later re-joined the colonial service, becoming Secretary to the Prime Minister of the Federation of Nigeria in 1957 in the run-up to independence[4] before moving on to be Governor of British Honduras in 1961, where he arrived in the aftermath of serious hurricane damage.[5] He retired in 1966.[6]

In retirement he became Lieutenant Governor of the Isle of Man:[7] in August 1973 the Summerland disaster took place.[8] and he had to contend with calls for independence from Manx people.[9] He later chaired an inquiry into military training on Dartmoor.[10]

Family

In 1941 he married Mary Elizabeth Kirke; they had one son and one daughter.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Oxford Gazette, 1995/6". Archived from the original on 15 April 2012. Retrieved 26 June 2011.
  2. ^ a b Debrett's People of Today, 1994.
  3. ^ "No. 35294". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 September 1941. p. 5713.
  4. ^ "No. 42051". The London Gazette (Supplement). 11 June 1960. p. 3976.
  5. ^ "Hurricane Damage (Hansard, 7 December 1961)". api.parliament.uk. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
  6. ^ "Belize, colonial administrators and post-independence leaders in (1862–2000)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. 2005. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/93229. ISBN 978-0-19-861412-8. Retrieved 30 September 2024. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  7. ^ World Leaders Index
  8. ^ The Island's Aftermath of Bitterness.
  9. ^ "BFI | Film & TV Database | ISLE OF MAN (1966)". 25 January 2009. Archived from the original on 25 January 2009. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
  10. ^ Commons Written Answers to Questions Archived 2011-09-17 at the Wayback Machine, Hansard, 17 July 1978.
Government offices
Preceded by Governor of British Honduras
1961–1966 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Lieutenant Governor of the Isle of Man
1966–1974 		Succeeded by


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