Walsh Wrightson

Walsh Wrightson CMG (28 October 1852 – 3 September 1935) was a British engineer who served his career in Ceylon and Trinidad and Tobago in the late 19th and early 20th century.

[1] Wrightson joined the Ceylon civil service in 1875 as an engineer, and carried out many public works including the restoration of ancient Sinhalese irrigation works and the Kala Wewa reservoir, for which he was promoted by Governor Sir Arthur Hamilton-Gordon.

[1][2][3] In 1895, he went to Trinidad and Tobago to take up the appointment of Director of Works of Trinidad and Tobago, and completed many infrastructure projects including roads, bridges, a rail tunnel and a sewer system.

After he retired in 1907, he served as the chairman of the Reigate Board of Guardians (1910–1919) and as a member of Surrey County Council (1912–1919).

[6] Wrightson Road, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago is named after him.