Sir Geoffrey Cecil Ryves Eley CBE JP FLS (18 July 1904 – 17 May 1990) was a British businessman and writer.

He was the younger brother of Maxwell Eley, a gold medalist in rowing at the 1924 Summer Olympics.

[4] He was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 1947 Birthday Honours for his services following the war, when he was Director of Overseas Disposals, Ministry of Supply.

[11] The book carried a foreword written by the politician, Roy Jenkins.

In 1937, he married Penelope Hughes Wake-Walker, daughter of Admiral Sir Frederic Wake-Walker and Muriel, daughter of Sir Collingwood Hughes, 10th Baronet.