Brigadier-General Sir Godfrey Vignoles Thomas, 9th Baronet, CB, CBE, DSO, DL (27 March 1856 – 17 February 1919) was a British Army officer of the First World War.

[4] In March 1909 he was promoted to temporary brigadier general,[5] and was commander, Royal Artillery (CRA) of the 3rd Division until January 1911 when he retired from the army.

[6] He was called back to service during the First World War, fighting in France, serving as CRA of the 24th Division.

Following his early death in 1919, he was succeeded in his title by his son, Godfrey, who served as a courtier to the Royal Family.

[7] In the 1919 Birthday Honours, he was posthumously awarded the Commander of the Order of the British Empire, "for valuable services rendered in connection with the War.