Henry MacLauchlan | |
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| Born | 26 April 1792 Landguard Fort in Felixstowe, Suffolk |
| Died | 27 January 1882 (aged 89) Clapham, London |
| Allegiance |  United Kingdom |
| Service | British Army |
| Years of service | c.1804 – 1824 |
| Unit | Royal Corps of Military Surveyors and Draftsmen & The Ordnance Survey |
Henry MacLauchlan (26 April 1792 – 27 January 1882) was a British military, geological and archaeological surveyor. Born into a military family, MacLauchlan studied surveying whilst a cadet at the Tower of London with the Royal Corps of Military Surveyors and Draftsmen. He left the corps when it disbanded in 1817 and joined the Ordnance Survey a few years later. After leaving the army, MacLauchlan worked with geologist Henry De la Beche on a survey of Cornwall and for the Duke of Northumberland to survey archaeology in the north of England. MacLauchlan died in Clapham in 1882.