COUTTS, Thomas (subject.)

£325 · Offered by Peter Harrington · No longer available

Life of the Late Thomas Coutts, Esq. Banker in the Strand, First edition of this pamphlet biography of the Thomas Coutts (1735-1822), the founder of the eminent banking house Coutts & Co, published shortly after he died. The biography is more concerned with his character than the events of his life, which get little attention, but indicates the public interest in the great banking figure, including his bequest of the whole of his £900,000 estate to his wife alone.

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