private banking financial planning and wealth management founded 1860 headquarters belgravia london england uk products wealth management accounts lending savings number of employees c 250 parent camellia group website official website duncan lawrie limited known simply as duncan lawrie is a small private bank with its head office in belgravia london . founded in 1971 the bank offers a bespoke service with an emphasis on a personal relationship to high net worth individuals . contents 1 history 2 clientele 3 services 4 charitable support 5 references 6 external links history edit the bank is now 100 % owned by camellia plc but it can trace its origins back to two scottish businessmen alexander lawrie and walter duncan who travelled to calcutta in the mid 19th century to make their fortunes as general merchants . their businesses were merged in 1967 . 1 the bank has several offices across the united kingdom including a branch in bristol a country estate in kent and an international banking investment and fiduciary business in the isle of man as well as its head office in belgravia london . 2 clientele edit while the bank places emphasis on confidentiality and never reveals its clientele it is widely believed that numerous aristocrats politicians entrepreneurs and media figures hold accounts with the bank . 3 services edit duncan lawrie predominantly holds accounts for high net worth individuals . along with daily banking requirements duncan lawrie also offers trust and estate planning financial planning investment management and international services from their isle of man office . in 2005 the bank purchased douglas deakin young and in 2007 it acquired hill martin and hill martin asset management . charitable support edit the bank supplies financial services for several large charities . references edit http www.bba.org.uk bba jsp polopoly.jsp d 833 & a 10960 http www.duncanlawrie.com contact us.htm http www.vogue.co.uk magazine issue.aspx front cover year 2008 month november editor alexandra % 20shulman photographer emma % 20summerton external links edit official website v t e commercial and retail banks in the united kingdom banking in the united kingdom barclays barclays bank barclays wealth cybg clydesdale bank yorkshire bank hsbc holdings first direct hsbc bank hsbc private bank m & s bank lloyds banking group1 bank of scotland bank of wales birmingham midshires halifax lloyds bank royal bank of scotland group2 adam and company child & co. coutts & co. drummonds bank natwest royal bank of scotland ulster bank santander group cahoot cater allen santander uk wholly state owned national savings and investments post office money uk financial investments uk asset resolution bradford & bingley3 nram3 other airdrie savings bank al rayan bank aldermore allied irish bank gb first trust bank arbuthnot latham & co secure trust bank bank and clients bank of ireland butterfield bank cambridge & counties bank c. hoare & co close brothers group the co operative bank smile danske bank duncan lawrie handelsbanken harrods bank icici bank uk julian hodge bank kingdom bank kleinwort benson metro bank monzo onesavings bank raphaels bank reliance bank n m rothschild & sons sainsbury s bank sg hambros shawbrook bank standard chartered tesco bank triodos bank tsb unity trust bank virgin money big four banks are underlined and private banks are shown in italics 1 10 % owned by ukfi 2 73 % owned by ukfi 3 mortgage assets only retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title duncan lawrie & oldid 740814615 categories private banksfinancial institutionsbanks of the united kingdomcompanies established in 1860 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 23 september 2016 at 13 22 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view