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::::''For the poet & librettist see Francis Money-Coutts, 5th Baron Latymer'' Drummond William Thomas Money-Coutts (born 11 May 1986), also nicknamed "DMC", is an English magician and specialist card sharp. Money-Coutts is the heir apparent to the Latymer Barony. He is currently aired on National Geographic Channel with several magic tricks & deception to over 170 countries over the world named "Beyond Magic with DMC". ==Biography== He was born in London, the son of Crispin Money-Coutts and his first wife Lucy Deedes, the daughter of Bill Deedes. In 2003, on the death of his grandfather Hugo Money-Coutts, 8th Baron Latymer, his father became the 9th Baron Latymer, and as such Drummond Money-Coutts the heir apparent. Money-Coutts became interested in magic in 1994 after visiting Davenports, London's oldest magic shop located on the Strand, underneath the family bank Coutts where his father worked at the time. He was interested in Magic from his childhood He was educated at Westbourne House School, and then Eton College, where he founded the Eton College Magic Society and also arranged a visit by Uri Geller, from whom he learned how to bend spoons. His first professional performance came in 2000 while he was still at school, at the Royal Horticultural Society. When he left Eton in 2004, his conjuring career was already well under way. By 2005, when he was at Leeds University, he had already performed before Queen Elizabeth II, Hugh Grant, and Michael Parkinson. That year he made two visits to Asia, speaking at an International Brotherhood of Magicians convention in Calcutta, and subsequently spent several weeks in Bangkok learning from local professional hustlers. Also in 2005, while on a visit to New York City, he studied with the professional magicians Jamy Ian Swiss, Simon Lovell, and Billy McComb. In July 2007, he published a booklet called ''Mr Magnificent: Highlight of the Night''!, a concise guide to the professional and financial aspects of magic, written for magicians. In 2009 he completed four months of training and qualified as a professional croupier and card dealer at the London Gaming College. By late 2011, Money-Coutts was recognised as one of the country's foremost magicians, with international audiences including Jeremy Clarkson, David Haye, Pippa Middleton, Natalia Vodianova, Hugh Grant, Bryan Adams, Emma Watson, Sultan, Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, Prince Nikolaos of Greece and Denmark, Sarah, Duchess of York, Sir David Frost, Prince Harry and Eddie Jordan. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Drummond Money-Coutts」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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