Thomas Drummond
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Captain Thomas Drummond (1797 - 1840) was a Scottish civil engineer, born in Edinburgh. Drummond was the inventor of the Drummond light which was employed in the trigonometrical survey of Great Britain and Ireland. A supporter of the Whigs, he helped with the work preparatory to the great Reform Bill of 1832 and he was later rewarded with the post of Irish Under-Secretary, a position he held from 1835 until his death in 1840. Drummond was held in high regard by Irish, whom he treated with impartiality.
This article incorporates text from the public domain 1907 edition of The Nuttall Encyclopaedia.
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