Geoffrey de Freitas
Sir Geoffrey de Freitas | |
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Geoffrey de Freitas in 1966 | |
| 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 for 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 |
| Died | 10 August 1982 (aged 69) Cambridge, England |
| Party | Labour |
| Spouse | Helen Graham Bell |
| Children | 4 |
| Parent(s) | Sir Anthony de Freitas Edith de Freitas |
| Alma mater | Clare College, Cambridge |
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Sir Geoffrey Stanley de Freitas (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.