Hugh McIntosh (4 December 1768 - 30 August 1840) was a Scottish civil engineering contractor particularly associated with the construction of canals and docks, and also the first purpose-built passenger railway line in London.
McIntosh followed Rennie to London to work on the city's docks, and his growing reputation as an engineer led to him being recruited by the British government in 1809 in an ultimately unsuccessful attempt to demolish fortifications at Flushing.
[1] McIntosh then invested in land and became a developer in the Mile End district of east London.
In 1812, he bid for contracts to dig the Regent's Canal[2] and, in 1815, to work on the Surrey Commercial Docks.
[9] The family tomb is in the grounds of St Matthias Community Centre, Poplar, London.