Geoffrey Inkin

Sir Geoffrey David Inkin, OBE DL (2 October 1934 – 22 August 2013) was a commanding officer of the Royal Welch Fusiliers and a lay member of the Judicial Appointments Commission (for England and Wales).

Inkin was born on 2 October 1934, the son of Noel Inkin and his wife Evelyn Margaret Inkin.

Having attended the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, Inkin was commissioned into the Royal Welch Fusiliers on 4 February 1955 as a second lieutenant. He was given the service number 440038. He served in Malaya from 1955 to 1957, during the Malayan Emergency. He was promoted to lieutenant on 4 February 1957, and to captain on 4 February 1961. He was promoted to major on 31 December 1967. Having attended the Staff College, Camberley, he was promoted to lieutenant colonel on 31 December 1971 with seniority from 30 June 1971.

He retired from the British Army on 10 January 1974.

Inkin was Chairman of the Cardiff Bay Development Corporation from 1987 until 2000 and chairman of the Land Authority of Wales between 1987 and 1998. He was a member of Gwent County Council and Gwent Police Authority.