Arms of Sir Peter Hyla Gawne Stallard - The Parish Church of St. John the Baptist, The Royal Chapel - St. John's, Isle of Man - Coats of Arms on Waymarking.com

A framed picture of the arms of Sir Peter Hyla Gwane Stallard are displayed inside the The Royal Chapel in the village of St. John's.

This is one of a series of pictures which hang on the walls of The Royal Chapel which depict the arms of the successive Lords of Man, and the successive Lieutenant Governors from the Isle of Man Purchase Act 1765.
Source: 'The Parish Church of St. John the Baptist, The Royal Chapel - A brief history and guide' (copies of which are available inside the Church).

On this picture below the representation of the arms is the following description:
'SIR PETER HYLA GAWNE STALLARD
K.C.M.G., C.V.O., M.B.E.: 1966-73'
The dates shown being after the purchase of the Island by the British Crown indicate that Sir Peter Hyla Gawne Stallard was Lieutenant Governor and the representative of the British Crown in the late 1960's and early 1970's.

This depiction of the arms shows a white with a board blue horizontal band across the middle of the shield between three blue lion heads.

'Sir Peter Hyla Gawne Stallard (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, Stallard joined the colonial service in Nigeria in 1937. 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. He retired in 1966.

In retirement he became Lieutenant Governor of the Isle of Man: in August 1973 the Summerland disaster took place, and he had to contend with calls for independence from Manx people. He later chaired an inquiry into military training on Dartmoor.'
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Bearer of Coat of Arms: Other Full name of the bearer: Sir Peter Hyla Gawne Stallard K.C.M.G., C.V.O., M.B.E. Where is Coat of Arms installed (short description) ?: The Royal Chapel in St. John's, Isle of Man. Material / Design: Other... Blazon (heraldic description): Arms: Argent, a fesse azure between three liom heads couped azure. Address: The Parish Church of St. John the Baptist, The Royal Chapel, Main Road, St. John's, Isle of Man, IM4 3NA Web page about the bearer of Coat of Arms (if exists): [Web Link] Web page about the structure where is Coat of Arms installed (if exists): Not listed

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