Geoffrey Thomas Barnes

Geoffrey Thomas Barnes
Secretary for Security for Hong Kong
In office
29 February 1988 – February 1990
GovernorSir David Wilson
Preceded byDavid Jeaffreson
Succeeded byAlistair Asprey
4th Commissioner of the Independent Commission Against Corruption
In office
1 January 1985 – 28 February 1988
GovernorSir David Wilson
Preceded byPeter Barry Williams
Succeeded byDavid Jeaffreson
Deputy Secretary for Health and Welfare for Hong Kong
In office
1981–1984
GovernorSir Edward Youde
Deputy Secretary for Security for Hong Kong
In office
1977–1981
GovernorSir Murray MacLehose
Personal details
Born(1932-08-18)18 August 1932
Malaya
Died11 February 2010(2010-02-11) (aged 77)
NationalityBritish
SpouseAgnete Barnes
RelativesKenneth James Barnes
Alma materSt Catharine's College, Cambridge
Military service
Allegiance United Kingdom
RankSecond Lieutenant
Battles/warsMalayan Emergency

Geoffrey Thomas Barnes, CBE, JP (18 August 1932 - 11 February 2010) was a British government official, civil servant, military serviceman and author. Barnes held a number of posts in the government of Sarawak and later in the government of Hong Kong, his first major post being the Deputy Secretary for Security, a department for which he would later serve as Secretary in the late 1980s. Barnes also served as Deputy Secretary for Health and Welfare and as the 4th Commissioner of the Independent Commission Against Corruption.