Sir Geoffrey de Freitas | |
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High Commissioner of the United Kingdom to Ghana | |
In office 1961–1964 | |
Prime Minister | Harold Macmillan Alec Douglas-Home |
Preceded by | Arthur Snelling |
Succeeded by | Harold Smedley |
Member of Parliament Kettering | |
In office 15 October 1964 – 7 April 1979 | |
Preceded by | Gilbert Mitchison |
Succeeded by | William Homewood |
Member of Parliament for Lincoln | |
In office 23 February 1950 – 13 December 1961 | |
Preceded by | George Deer |
Succeeded by | Dick Taverne |
Member of Parliament for Nottingham Central | |
In office 5 July 1945 – 3 February 1950 | |
Preceded by | Sir Frederick Sykes |
Succeeded by | Ian Winterbottom |
Personal details | |
Born | 7 April 1913 St Lucia |
Died | 10 August 1982 Cambridge, England | (aged 69)
Political party | Labour |
Spouse | Helen Graham Bell |
Children | 4 |
Parent(s) | Sir Anthony de Freitas Edith de Freitas |
Alma mater | Clare College, Cambridge |
Sir Geoffrey Stanley de Freitas KCMG (7 April 1913 – 10 August 1982) was a British politician and diplomat. For 31 years, a Labour Member of Parliament, he also served as British High Commissioner in Accra and Nairobi, and later as President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.