Thomas Wright (1740–1812) was the surveyor general for Prince Edward Island and an author.
He was taken prisoner during the American Revolution in the Raid on Charlottetown (1775).
[1] In 1763, Wright assisted Captain Samuel Johannes Holland in surveying St. John's Island (which has since been renamed Prince Edward Island).
He also became the Surveyor General (1773) and a Supreme Court Judge (1774).
The following year he was taken prisoner in the American privateer raid on Charlottetown.