Sir Ralph Wood Thompson, KCB, PC (1 July 1830 – 1 December 1902) was a British civil servant.
Thompson was the son of Jonathan Thompson of Sherwood Hall, Nottinghamshire, receiver-general of Crown rents for the northern counties, by his wife Anne, daughter of Ralph Smyth, colonel in the Royal Artillery.
A brother, Captain Henry Langhorne Thompson, gained fame for his part in the defence of Kars.
[1] Thompson was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) in 1877,[2] promoted to a Knight Commander (KCB) in 1882,[3] and was appointed to the Privy Council in Lord Rosebery's resignation honours list in 1895.
[4] Thompson married in 1856 Agatha Vaughan Cornish, daughter of Rev.