James Watt (actuary)

James Watt WS FRSE FRSGS LLD (21 March 1863–3 December 1945) was a 19th/20th-century Scottish lawyer, actuary and geographer.

[1] In 1891 he became personal clerk to John Blair of Davidson & Syme WS[2] based at 22 Castle Street in Edinburgh's New Town.

He trained as a Writer to the Signet qualifying in 1896 and becoming senior partner of Davidson & Syme in 1912.

A successful firm by this stage it was based at 28 Charlotte Square, and Watt was living at 24 Rothesay Terrace in the West End, a duplex flat overlooking Dean Village.

[6] He was on the management board for the Edinburgh Hospital for Diseases of Women and became its vice president in 1925.