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John Coutts (merchant) : ウィキペディア英語版 | John Coutts (merchant) John Coutts (1699–1750) was a Scottish merchant and banker, Lord Provost of Edinburgh in 1742. ==Life== The eldest son of Patrick Coutts, a tradesman in Edinburgh, and formerly of Montrose, by his wife, Christina Smith, he was born on 28 July 1699. He went into business as commission agent and dealer in grain. Acquiring capital, he became a negotiator of bills, a business which the banks then neglected. In 1730 Coutts entered the town council, and in 1742 he was elected lord provost, spending lavishly, and conducting the banquetings in his own home. He held office till 1744, having been once re-elected. He was a patron of the fine arts.〔 Coutts died at Nola, near Naples, in 1751, at the age of 52.〔
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