Thomas Edington FRSE FGS MWS (1814–1859) was a Scottish foundry owner and important amateur geologist and mineralogist.
Thomas Edington & Sons began in 1797 at 52 Queen Street in Glasgow and by 1804 was a major industry, specialising in ornamental cast-iron work.
[2] In 1835 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh his proposer being a cousin, William Archibald Cadell, also involved in the iron foundry business.
At this time he lived at 15 Newton Place, then a new terraced house, still surviving, just north of Sauchiehall Street.
Thomas’ uncle James Edington was involved in the running and management of the Eagle Foundry at Port Dundas.