| Honorific-Prefix: | Captain |
| Lloyd Stowell Shapley | |
| Order: | 32nd |
| Office: | Naval Governor of Guam |
| Term Start: | April 7, 1926 |
| Term End: | June 11, 1929 |
| Predecessor: | Alfred Winsor Brown |
| Successor: | Willis W. Bradley |
| Birth Date: | 3 November 1875 |
| Birth Place: | Lebanon, New York, U.S. |
| Death Place: | Alameda Country, California, U.S. |
| Nationality: |  United States |
| Spouse: | Elizabeth Harrison Shapley, Ida V. Wells, Naomi Eckstein |
| Relatives: | Elizabeth Harrison Shapley (daughter) |
| Allegiance: | United States |
| Branch: | United States Navy |
| Rank: | Captain |
| Awards: | Navy Cross |
Lloyd Stowell Shapley (November 3, 1875 – August 16, 1959) was a United States Navy Captain who served as the 32nd Naval Governor of Guam. Shapley served as governor from April 7, 1926, to June 11, 1929.
Shapley was born in Lebanon, New York.
In 1920, Shapley was assigned to the torpedo station at Keyport, Washington.[1]
In 1922, Shapley took command of USS Neches (AO-5), until October 4, 1923. [2]
On April 7, 1926, Shapley took an oath and became the Naval Governor of Guam, until June 11, 1929. [3] [4]
As governor of Guam, Shapley pushed for the Navy to approve a Flag of Guam; he succeeded in gaining approval in 1929, though the design changed 19 years later.[5] The flag consisted of a blue field with a central red-lined figure containing a Guamanian sling stone.[6] During his time in office, he had already retired from Naval service.[7]
On November 6, 1912, Shapley married Elizabeth Harrison McCormick Herrshoff (1884-1938), former wife of Charles Frederick Herreshoff. She had two children from her previous marriage, Allan Stuart and Elizabeth.[8] [9] [10]
Shapley's daughter is Elizabeth Harrison Shapley. On April 25, 1918, she was a sponsor of USS Kilty (DD-137).[11]
Shapley's second wife was Ida Viola Wells (1878–1950), notable as a pioneering woman professional, who, among other things, was an inheritance tax attorney. [10]
Shapley's third wife was Naomi Eckstein (1903-1991). [10]
On August 16, 1959, Shapley died in Alameda County, California. [10]
His grand-nephew, Lloyd Stowell Shapley (1923–2016), was an American mathematician and Nobel laureate economist. His adopted or stepson, Alan Shapley, (Alan Herreshoff; 1903–1973), late of the U.S. Marine Corps, was a survivor of the sinking of the USS Arizona in the attack on Pearl Harbor.