Sir Robert Stapledon

Sir Robert de Stapeldon Stapledon, KCMG, CBE (6 February 1909 – 30 August 1975) was a British colonial administrator and Governor of the Bahamas from 1960 to 1964.

Biography Stapledon was born in Bideford, Devon, the third and youngest son of Mr & Mrs. Ernest A. Stapledon. He first served as a cadet in the colonial service in Nigeria in 1931. He was then appointed to be a Member of the Commonwealth Development Corporation from 1964 to 1967.

Stapledon was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1944 and a Commander of the Order (CBE) in 1953. In 1955, he was appointed a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George and, in 1956, a Knight Commander (K.C.M.G.). In 1959, Stapledon was appointed a Knight of the Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem.

Stapledon died at the Old Rectory in Littleham, Devon on 30 August 1975; he was 66.