Sir Gerald Barry (20 November 1898 – 21 November 1968) was a British newspaper editor and organiser of the Festival of Britain in 1951. According to historian F.M. Leventhal, Barry was a long-time newspaper editor, with left-leaning, middle-brow views. He was energetic and optimistic, with an eye for what would be popular, and had a knack on how to motivate others. He was not seen as a Labour ideologue. He selected the next rank of Festival organizers, giving preference to young architects and designers who had collaborated on exhibitions for the wartime Ministry of Information. They thought along the same lines socially and aesthetically, as middle-class intellectuals with progressive sympathies. Thanks to Barry a collegial sentiments prevailed that minimised stress and delay.