Historical timeline: 1692 - 1750

Date	Coutts event	World event
1692	John Campbell, a Scottish goldsmith banker, sets up his business on the Strand at the sign of the ‘Three Crowns’	The Salem witch trials begin in New England
1694		The Bank of England is founded
1695		The Bank of Scotland is founded
1701		James II dies in exile in Saint-Germain in France Captain Kidd is hanged for piracy
1702	George Middleton, a 19 year old goldsmith from Aberdeen, joins the business	Accession of Queen Anne
1704	John Campbell is commissioned to make collars for the Order of the Thistle
1707		The Act of Union unites England and Scotland
1708	George Middleton is made a partner
1712	John Campbell dies and is buried in Covent Garden
1714		Accession of George I
1716	The Bank makes a set of silver dressing plate for the Prince of Wales	Parliament’s term is extended to 7 years
1718		The machine gun is invented by the English inventor, James Puckle The pirate Blackbeard is killed in battle
1719	The Bank moves to the north side of the Strand
1720	Due to the English and French financial crises, the Bank temporarily closes. Middleton continued to work from the shop to redeem his honour and collect any debts due to him	The South Sea and Mississippi Bubbles burst in England and France, causing financial crises
1721		Robert Walpole becomes Britain’s first Prime Minister
1723	The Bank resumes lending
1727	John Campbell’s son, George, becomes a partner	Accession of George II
1730	John Coutts, a Scottish merchant, marries Jean Stuart, the sister of Sir John Stuart of Allanbank
1733	James Coutts is born
1735	Thomas Coutts is born
1739	The Bank moves to 59 Strand where it is to stay for the next 165 years	The highwayman Dick Turpin is hanged at Tyburn in London
1744	George Middleton’s nephew, David Bruce, becomes a partner
1745		The Jacobite rebellion is suppressed by British forces at the Battle of Culloden
1747	George Middleton dies at Bath
1750		The first Westminster Bridge is built