James Sorley FFA FRSE (1853–1924) was a 19th/20th century Scottish actuary.
[1] On the foundation of Scottish Life Assurance Company Sorley acted as Treasurer, with David Paulin as Manager, and all under the chairmanship of Sir Arthur Mitchell.
Their prestigious office was at 19 St Andrew Square in Edinburgh's First New Town.
His proposers were Thomas Sprague, Dr John Alexander Smith, William Thomson, Lord Kelvin, and James Sanderson.
He ran a chartered accountants firm: Paulin, Sorley & Martin from the same address.