Bank of Scotland #BoS est 1695
#Darien Scheme 1698
#ActofUnion 1707
#Jacobite Rising 1715
BoS suspected of support-> #thefifteen
Royal Bank of Scotland #RBS est 1727
2nd Jacobite Rising 1745
#thefortyfive ends at #Culloden 1746

Society of #Antiquaries of #Scotland est 1780
#antiqs hedges bank risk?

Very good attendance at #Society of #Antiquaries of #Scotland Anniversary General Meeting 2024

Nice conversation about the Society's choice of banks - both #BoS & #RBS - and whether this might have related to #Jacobites, with #Culloden being only 34 years before #Antiqs founded in 1780

Society of #Antiquaries of #Scotland 2024 impact report shows how we’ve been able to deepen understanding of Scotland’s past, helping to better inform the present & future. Report illustrattes positive impacts the work of the Society has achieved over the past year for people & #heritage

#antiqs