Thomas Brown (1772 – 30 January 1850) was an English surveyor, civil engineer, businessman and landowner.
Thomas Brown was born in 1772 in Mowhole, Disley in Cheshire, where his father owned 11 acres of land.
He is believed to have apprenticed to engineer and industrialist Benjamin Outram.
[1] Following the resignation of Benjamin Outram in 1801 he was appointed as consulting engineer for the completion of the Marple canal locks.
[1][2] Brown married Elizabeth Hancock, the daughter of his partner in his coal and lime business.