Sir Maurice Gerald Holmes (14 June 1885 – 4 April 1964) was a British civil servant.
He was called to the bar in 1909 but, while waiting to start practising, he took a placement at the Board of Education (using his father's connections there), and decided to make it his career instead of law.
During the Second World War, Holmes was given the task of developing the so-called Green Book which served as a precursor for the landmark Education Act 1944.
After his retirement, Holmes served as the Chairman of the East African Salaries Commission in 1947, the Colonial Office inquiry into Civil Services of Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda, the 1948 Caribbean Public Services Unification Commission, and the Lord Chancellor's Committee on Office of Public Trustee in 1954.
He was invested as a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire (GBE) in the 1946 New Year Honours.