Martin Hotine brushed metal plaque

This brushed metal commemorative plaque records: Brigadier Martin Hotine CMG CBE RE 17 June 1898-12 November 1968 Head of Trigonometrical and Levelling Division, Ordnance Survey, 1934-1939, Designer of the Ordnance Survey Trigonometrical Pillar, 1935, Founding Director, Directorate of Overseas Surveys, 11 March 1946-10 October 1963 Recorded plaque organisation: Ordnance Survey.

Brigadier Martin Hotine was a British military officer and cartographer who significantly contributed to surveying techniques, notably designing the Ordnance Survey Trigonometrical Pillar in 1935 and founding the Directorate of Overseas Surveys in 1946.