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  1. 1735-1822. British banker. He established
  2. with his brother the firm of Coutts & Co (one
  3. of London's oldest banking houses, founded in
  4. 1692 in the Strand), becoming sole head on
  5. the latter's death in 1778. Since the reign
  6. of George III an account has been maintained
  7. there by every succeeding sovereign; other
  8. customers have included Chatham, William
  9. Pitt, Fox, Wellington, Reynolds, and Boswell.
  10.