John MacGregor McCandlish

John MacGregor McCandlish WS FRSE (1821–1901) was a Scottish lawyer and actuary.

[1] He was born at 17 Minto Street in south Edinburgh[2] on 12 January 1821 the son of William McCandlish of the Exchequer (1788-1872), Receiver General of Taxes for Scotland, and his wife, Felicite Leslie MacGregor (1794-1878).

He then became General Manager and Chief Actuary of the Scottish Union and National Insurance Company.

[6] In 1887 he became the first president of the Faculty of Actuaries serving three years and then being succeeded by Spencer Campbell Thomson in 1890.

He died at home, 27 Drumsheugh Gardens[7] in Edinburgh's West End, on 10 November 1901.