| Sir Peter Stallard | |
| Order: | 21st |
| Office: | Lieutenant Governor of the Isle of Man |
| Term Start: | 1966 |
| Term End: | 1974 |
| Predecessor: | Sir Ronald Garvey |
| Successor: | Sir John Paul |
| Birth Date: | 6 March 1915 |
| Birthname: | Peter Hyla Gawne Stallard |
| Nationality: | British |
| Spouse: | Mary Elizabeth Kirke |
| Children: | One son and one daughter |
| Alma Mater: | Corpus Christi College, Oxford |
| Allegiance: |  United Kingdom |
| Branch: | British Army |
| Serviceyears: | 1939-1945 |
| Rank: | Lieutenant-Colonel |
| Battles: | World War II |
Sir Peter Hyla Gawne Stallard (6 March 1915 - 25 October 1995) was Lieutenant Governor of the Isle of Man from 1967 to 1972.
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. 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 before moving on to be Governor of British Honduras in 1961, where he arrived in the aftermath of serious hurricane damage.[3] He retired in 1966.[4]
In retirement he became Lieutenant Governor of the Isle of Man:[5] in August 1973 the Summerland disaster took place.[6] and he had to contend with calls for independence from Manx people.[7] He later chaired an inquiry into military training on Dartmoor.[8]
In 1941 he married Mary Elizabeth Kirke; they had one son and one daughter.[2]
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