RARE “Secretary to Edward VIII" Godfrey Thomas Hand Signed TLS Dated 1937

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RARE “Secretary to Edward VIII" Godfrey Thomas Hand Signed TLS Dated 1937:
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Up for sale a VERY RARE! "Secretary to Edward VIII" Godfrey Thomas Hand Signed TLS Dated 1937.

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Sir Godfrey John Vignoles Thomas, April 1889 –

4 March 1968) was a British courtier who served as Assistant Private

Secretary to Edward VIII in 1936. Thomas was the son of Brigadier-General

Sir Godfrey Vignoles Thomas, 9th Baronet and Mary Frances Isabelle Oppenheim.

He was educated at Harrow School, before

serving in His Majesty's Diplomatic

Service between 1912 and 1919.

1919 he became Private Secretary to the Prince of Wales, and succeeded to his father's baronetcy the same year. In 1922 he was invested as

a Companion of

the Order of the Star of India. Following the accession of the

Prince of Wales to the throne, Thomas became Assistant Private Secretary to

King Edward VIII. In 1937 he was knighted as a Knight

Commander of the Order of the Bath,[3] and became Private Secretary to Prince Henry, Duke of

Gloucester. During the Second World War, Thomas worked for the Foreign Officebetween

1939 and 1944, before resuming his position in the Duke of Gloucester's household

until 1957. In 1947 he was made a Knight

Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order,[4] and he was made a member of the Privy

Council of the United Kingdom in the 1958 Birthday Honours List.

married Diana Mary Katherine Hoskyns, daughter of Venerable Benedict George

Hoskyns and Dora Katherine Franklyn, on 11 September 1924. He was succeeded in

his title by his son, Godfrey.