Old Photographs Broad Street Fraserburgh Scotland

Old photograph of shops, people and buildings on Broad Street in Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Robertson Macaulay, born January 20, 1833,died September 27, 1915, was a Canadian insurance company executive. He was born in Fraserburgh, the son of Kenneth Macaulay and Margaret Noble, Macaulay emigrated to Canada in 1854 settling in Quebec. In 1856, he started working at the Canada Life 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.

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