Henry Cockburn Macandrew

Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Henry Cockburn Macandrew VD JP FSAScot (8 May 1832 – 26 September 1898) was a Scottish solicitor and Inverness functionary.

Macandrew worked throughout his life as a solicitor in Inverness, also serving in the British Army as part of the Volunteer Force, reaching the rank of lieutenant-colonel after twenty-five years of service.

[2][1] After leaving his father's legal practice in 1851 Macandrew joined the Bank of England, working there until 1854 when he returned to Inverness.

Part of the 1st Inverness Rifle Volunteer Corps and serving as an ensign,[6][1] Macandrew was promoted to lieutenant in around April 1864 and on 25 November 1868 was subsequently advanced to captain.

[2] Macandrew was re-elected for a second term as provost in 1886 and in late 1887 travelled to Osborne House on the Isle of Wight, where on 29 December he was knighted by Queen Victoria as part of the celebrations around the monarch's Golden Jubilee.