to dare to sing "The Stately Homes of England" again as it was an insult to the homeland and that neither she or anybody else liked it. I replied coldly that for many years it had been one of my greatest successes, whereupon she announced triumphantly to everyone within earshot: 'You see – he can’t take criticism!' Irritated beyond endurance I replied that I was perfectly prepared to take intelligent criticism at any time, but I was not prepared to tolerate bad manners. With this I bowed austerely and left the party. Hislop was chairman of the Wellington Provincial Centennial Council and the New Zealand Centennial Exhibition Company from 1937; the Centennial was in 1940. Honours and awards In 1935, both Hislop and his wife were awarded the King George V Silver Jubilee Medal. In the 1935 King's Birthday Honours, Hislop was appointed a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George. Later life and death Hislop was High Commissioner to Canada from 1950 to 1957. He died on 21 June 1965 in Montreal, Canada; where his daughter Mrs A. Gordon was living. Notes References No Mean City by Stuart Perry (1969, Wellington City Council) includes a paragraph and a portrait or photo for each mayor. |- 1888 births 1965 deaths Mayors of Wellington New Zealand military personnel of World War I New Zealand Democrat Party (1934) politicians High Commissioners of New Zealand to Canada Unsuccessful candidates in the 1943 New Zealand general election New Zealand National Party politicians Unsuccessful candidates in the 1935 New Zealand general election Wellington City Councillors People educated at Wellington College (New Zealand) Candidates in the 1941 New Zealand general election Alumni of the University of Cambridge 20th-century New Zealand lawyers New Zealand Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George