Robertson Macaulay (January 20, 1833 – September 27, 1915) was a Canadian insurance company executive. Born in

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, the son of Kenneth Macaulay and Margaret Noble, Macaulay emigrated to Canada in 1854 settling in Quebec. In 1856, he started working at the

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Assurance Company as an accountant where he would remain until 1872 rising to become chief accountant. He worked for the Mutual Life Association of Canada until becoming secretary of the Sun Mutual Life Insurance Company of Montreal (later the Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada). In 1884, he was appointed managing director and was named president in 1889 succeeding the first president, Thomas Workman. He retired as managing director in 1908 and was succeeded by his son,

Thomas Bassett Macaulay Thomas Bassett Macaulay, also known as T. B. Macaulay, (6 June 1860 – 1942) is a noted actuary of his era, a philanthropist; and was the founder of the Macaulay Institute, in 1930. It has been estimated that most of the world's Holstein cattle d ...

(aka "T. B. Macaulay"). He was a member of the

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. He died in 1915 in Montreal.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Macaulay, Robertson 1833 births 1915 deaths Canadian businesspeople Canadian Congregationalists

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