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Date |
Coutts event |
World event |
|---|---|---|
| 1951 |
Seymour Egerton becomes the Chairman of Coutts |
London’s Foreign Exchange Market re-opens |
| 1952 |
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Death of George VI and accession of Elizabeth II |
| 1953 |
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Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay become the first climbers to reach the summit of Everest |
| 1957 | Ultrasound scanning is pioneered by Ian Donald, a Scottish physician | |
| 1961 |
Coutts opens its first out-of-town branch in Eton |
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| 1963 |
Coutts become the first British bank to have a fully computerised accounts system |
John F Kennedy, President of the United States, is assassinated in Dallas, Texas |
| 1965 | The death penalty is abolished in the United Kingdom | |
| 1967 |
Coutts opens its Fleet Street branch |
‘Summer of Love’ in San Francisco |
| 1974 |
Work begins on the new 440 Strand building |
The Watergate scandal leads to the resignation of Richard Nixon |
| 1976 |
David Money-Coutts becomes Chairman of Coutts |
Apple Computer Company is formed by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak |
| 1978 |
Queen Elizabeth II opens our new 440 Strand building |
Public service strikes threaten chaos in Britain |
| 1981 | The first space shuttle, Columbia, is launched | |
| 1986 | ‘Big Bang’ in the City of London | |
| 1987 |
Coutts & Co (Suisse) opens in Geneva |
On ‘Black Monday’ stock markets crash around the world |
| 1989 | The fall of the Berlin Wall | |
| 1991 |
Coutts Group formed |
The Channel Tunnel opens |
| 1992 |
Coutts celebrates its tercentenary |
The US President George H W Bush and the Russian President Boris Yeltsin formally declare that the Cold War is over |
| 1993 |
Sir David Money-Coutts retires and Sir Ewen Fergusson becomes Chairman |
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| 1994 |
Coutts opens offices in Singapore and Hong Kong |
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| 1999 |
The Earl of Home becomes the Chairman of Coutts |
The Scottish Parliament is officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II |
| 2000 |
Acquisition of NatWest by Royal Bank of Scotland |
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| 2001 | Al-Qaeda attacks the World Trade Centre and the Pentagon | |
| 2002 |
Coutts opens its Monaco branch |
Queen Elizabeth II celebrates her Golden Jubilee |
| 2003 |
Coutts become the principal sponsor of the Almeida Theatre |
Invasion of Iraq |
| 2004 |
Coutts’ Cayman office is hit by Hurricane Ivan |
An earthquake and tsunami hits the Indian Ocean on Boxing Day |
| 2006 |
Coutts sponsors the Royal Court Theatre |
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| 2007 | Northern Rock suffers the UK’s first banking run since 1866 | |
| 2008 |
Coutts opens offices in Abu Dhabi and Qatar |
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| 2009 | The Icelandic government and banking system collapse, leading to the resignation of Prime Minister Geir Haarde | |
| 2010 |
Coutts sponsors London Fashion Week |
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| 2012 | Queen Elizabeth II celebrates her Diamond Jubilee |
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