Monarch Elizabeth II Succeeded by Sir John Gutch Succeeded by Sir John Gutch | Preceded by Sir Brian Freeston Monarch Elizabeth II | |
Preceded by Sir Henry Gregory-Smith
As Resident Commissioner Previous office Governor of the Solomon Islands (1953–1955) | ||
Sir Robert Christopher Stafford Stanley, KBE, CMG, OBE was a British colonial administrator.
After serving as Chief Secretary of Northern Rhodesia, he was appointed High Commissioner of the Western Pacific in January 1952, although he did not arrive in Suva, Fiji, until June, taking up his duties on July 3. He was the first person to hold the office separately from the Governor of Fiji, the two positions having been joined since 1877. After touring the British Western Pacific Territories, which included the Solomon Islands, New Hebrides, and the Gilbert and Ellice Islands in September, he moved the High Commission to Headquarters to Honiara in the Solomon Islands on 22 December. On 1 January 1953, he also became Governor of the Solomon Islands. He retired as High Commissioner and Governor in July 1955.