FORSYTH, THOMAS

Engineer, of Dublin, active from the 1880s until 1922 or later. Thomas Forsyth spent one year as a pupil of MARMADUKE BACKHOUSE  MARMADUKE BACKHOUSE before joining the staff of the Board of Public Works as a draughtsman and occasional surveyor. After spending four years working with the Board, he was then for a few months an assistant to JOHN GEORGE GAMBLE JOHN GEORGE GAMBLE , working on the Barrow and other drainage works. It was perhaps as a result of Gamble's untimely death in November 1889 that he entered the works department of the St James's Gate Brewery, under WESLEY WILLIAM WILSON WESLEY WILLIAM WILSON , at about the same time. He remained at the brewery for at least ten years and probably for the rest of his career.

ICEI: elected associate, 1895; elected associate member, 1899; still an associate member in 1922 but has disappeared from membership list for 1924..

Addresses: Home: 5 Royal Terrace, Fairview, Clontarf, <=1894-1902; 4 Florina Villas, Terenure, 1906; 1 Eaton Square, Terenure, 1912-1922.

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All information in this entry is from ICEI membership applications, III, 24, and from ICEI membership lists.