Peter Stallard

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

21st Lieutenant Governor of the

Career Isle of Man
In office
Educated at Bromsgrove School and Corpus Christi College, 1966–1974
Oxford,[1] Stallard joined the colonial service in Nigeria in 1937.[2] Monarch Elizabeth II
He served in West Africa and Burma during World War II being Preceded by Sir Ronald Garvey
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 Succeeded by Sir John Paul
colonial service, becoming Secretary to the Prime Minister of the Personal details
Federation of Nigeria in 1957 in the run-up to independence[4] Born Peter Hyla Gawne
before moving on to be Governor of British Honduras in 1961,
Stallard
where he arrived in the aftermath of serious hurricane damage.[5] He
6 March 1915
retired in 1966.[6]
Died 25 October 1995
In retirement he became Lieutenant Governor of the Isle of Man:[7] (aged 80)
in August 1973 the Summerland disaster took place.[8] and he had to Nationality British
contend with calls for independence from Manx people.[9] He later
chaired an inquiry into military training on Dartmoor.[10] Spouse(s) Mary Elizabeth
Kirke

Family Children One son and one

daughter
In 1941 he married Mary Elizabeth Kirke; they had one son and one Alma mater Corpus Christi
daughter.[2] College, Oxford
Military service
References Allegiance United
Kingdom
1. "Oxford Gazette, 1995/6" (https://web.archive.org/web/201
20415203329/http://www.ox.ac.uk/gazette/1995-6/weekly/ Branch/service British Army
231195/coll.htm). Archived from the original (http://www.o Years of 1939-1945
x.ac.uk/gazette/1995-6/weekly/231195/coll.htm) on 15 service
April 2012. Retrieved 26 June 2011.
2. Debrett's People of Today, 1994. Rank Lieutenant-
Colonel
3. "No. 35294" (https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/3
5294/supplement/5713). The London Gazette Battles/wars World War II
(Supplement). 30 September 1941. p. 5713.
4. "No. 42051" (https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/42051/supplement/3976). The
London Gazette (Supplement). 11 June 1960. p. 3976.
5. Hurricane Damage (http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/commons/1961/dec/07/hurricane-da
mage), Hansard, 7 December 1961.
6. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. (http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/theme/93229?backT
oResults=%2Fsearch%2Frefine%2F%3FdocStart=1%26themesTabShow=true)
 7. World Leaders Index (http://www.worldleadersindex.org/Europe/IsleofMan.html)
8. The Island's Aftermath of Bitterness. (http://www.gees.bham.ac.uk/documents/DraftPapers/Phil
lips_SFD5.pdf)
9. Interview with Sir Peter Stallard (http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/474640?view=synopsis). British
Film Institute.
10. Commons Written Answers to Questions (http://yourdemocracy.newstatesman.com/parliamen
t/defence/HAN7884425) Archived (https://web.archive.org/web/20110917092450/http://yourde
mocracy.newstatesman.com/parliament/defence/HAN7884425) 2011-09-17 at the Wayback
Machine, Hansard, 17 July 1978.

Government offices
Preceded by Governor of British Honduras Succeeded by
Colin Thornley 1961–1966 Sir John Paul
Lieutenant Governor of the Isle of
Preceded by Succeeded by
Man
Sir Ronald Garvey Sir John Paul
1966–1974

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