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Coutts was founded in 1692 by John Campbell. Thomas Coutts joined the business in 1761 and is widely credited with instilling the qualities of trust, understanding and expertise that continue to drive Coutts today. When Thomas died in 1822, his estate and a 50% share in the bank passed to his second wife, Harriot, and the business assumed the ...
Thomas founded the London banking-house of Coutts & Co. with his brother James Coutts. After James died in 1778, Thomas took complete control of the bank. His first wife, a servant, had three daughters who all married leading figures in British society, the Earl of Guildford , the Marquis of Bute and Sir Francis Burdett .
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Thomas Coutts, who was born in Edinburgh in 1735, was the fourth son of the Lord Provost, and came to London as a youth to enter the London branch of his father's bank. His elder brother James also came to London, married the niece of George Campbell, sole partner in the old banking firm of Campbell and Middleton at "The Siga of the Three Crowns" in the Strand, and succeeded to the business.
Thomas, together with his partners Edmund Antrobus, Edward Marjoribanks, and Coutts Trotter, led the bank to success. The 59 Strand location’s facilities underwent a substantial expansion in the last ten years of the 18th century, and profits increased from £9,700 in 1775 to £72,000 in 1821.
2 de jul. de 2012 · Nightgowns were worn over shirt and breeches, in the privacy of home before noon or late at night. The tufts of black wool on the cream wool fabric are meant to imitate ermine. These nightgowns come from the wardrobe of Thomas Coutts (1735-1822), the founder of Coutts Bank. (Text from the V&A.) Thomas Coutts, banker.
NatWest Group History 100 object 52: Chinese wallpaper belonging to Thomas Coutts, c.1793. This extraordinary wallpaper, which the Georgian banker Thomas Coutts was lucky enough to have in his home, symbolises the broadening horizons of 18th century bankers. Just a generation earlier, most Britons had known almost nothing about China, but as ...
