Thomas Edward Barnes Skinner (1840 - September 1902) was the Postmaster General of Ceylon, between 1871 and 1896. Thomas Edward Barnes Skinner was born c.1842 in Ceylon the oldest son, of six children, to Maj. Thomas Bridges Boucher Skinner CMG (1804-1877), acting Surveyor-General of Ceylon and Georgina née Burrell (1818-1866). His father named him after Sir Edward Barnes, the Governor of Ceylon (1820-1822), of whom he was a great admirer. The Skinner Memorial Ward at the National Hospital of Sri Lanka is named after him.