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The Right Honourable
Sir Geoffrey de Freitas
KCMG
Geoffrey de Freitas in 1966
High Commissioner of the United Kingdom to Ghana
In office
1961–1964
Prime MinisterHarold Macmillan
Alec Douglas-Home
Preceded byArthur Snelling
Succeeded byHarold Smedley
Member of Parliament
Kettering
In office
15 October 1964 – 7 April 1979
Preceded byGilbert Mitchison
Succeeded byWilliam Homewood
Member of Parliament
for Lincoln
In office
23 February 1950 – 13 December 1961
Preceded byGeorge Deer
Succeeded byDick Taverne
Member of Parliament
for Nottingham Central
In office
5 July 1945 – 3 February 1950
Preceded bySir Frederick Sykes
Succeeded byIan Winterbottom
Personal details
Born7 April 1913
St Lucia
Died10 August 1982(1982-08-10) (aged 69)
Cambridge, England
Political partyLabour
SpouseHelen Graham Bell
Children4
Parent(s)Sir Anthony de Freitas
Edith de Freitas
Alma materClare 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.

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