Robert Christopher Stafford Stanley

Sir Robert Stanley KBE, CMG, OBE
17th High Commissioner for the Western Pacific
In office 3 July 1952 – July 1955
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Preceded by	Sir Brian Freeston
Succeeded by	Sir John Gutch
1st Governor of the Solomon Islands
In office 1 January 1953 – July 1955
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Preceded by	Sir Henry Gregory-Smith As Resident Commissioner
Succeeded by	Sir John Gutch
Personal details
Born	(1899-05-12)12 May 1899
Died	15 November 1983(1983-11-15) (aged 84)

Sir Robert Christopher Stafford Stanley, KBE, CMG, OBE (12 May 1899 – 15 November 1983) 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 3 July. 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.

His daughter, Phillada Stanley, was married to Sir Cosmo Haskard, sometime Governor of the Falkland Islands.