Thomas Inglesby

Thomas James Campbell Inglesby (19 September 1832 – 18 July 1889) was a South African building contractor, public official and Mayor of Cape Town.

[2] Inglesby regularly collaborated with the architect Charles Freeman and together they were responsible for the construction of the Standard Bank building on Adderley Street, Cape Town, the Queen's Hotel in Sea Point and the Methodist Metropolitan church, located next to Greenmarket Square in Cape Town.

Inglesby was an active member of the Prince Alfred's Own Cape Town Volunteer Artillery and the Commanding Officer from 1875 to 1877.

With the rank of captain, he took part in the Tambookie Campaign in Tembuland during 1879 and 1880, after which he was promoted to major.

His son, Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas John James Inglesby, was also the commanding officer of the Cape Artillery during the Anglo-Boer war of 1899-1902.

Methodist Metropolitan church, Cape Town