Drummond Money-Coutts
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Drummond William Thomas Money-Coutts (b. 11 May 1986) is an English close-quarter magician and specialist card shark. He is the son of Crispin Money-Coutts, 9th Baron Latymer (and heir apparent to the barony) and of Lucy Deedes, daughter of Bill Deedes.
Money-Coutts became interested in magic in 1998 after visiting Davenports, a London magic shop on the Strand, underneath the family bank Coutts, where his father worked at the time.[1] He was educated at Eton, where he set up the Eton College Magic Society and 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.[2]
When Money-Coutts 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. Money-Coutts made two visits to Asia that year, 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.
Late in 2006 Money-Coutts was booked to give a performance at a private wedding at the Sandy Lane Hotel, Barbados, and in August 2007 he travelled to Kenya with his school friend and fellow performer Tom Lyon to film Kenyan Conjurations: the School Built By Magic, a documentary to be released early in 2008.
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.[3]
In September 2007 an evening's magic tuition with Money-Coutts was sold by Jeremy Clarkson at a charity auction and fetched ₤5,000.
[edit] References
- ^ McPhee, Rod. "Standing out from the pack", The Yorkshire Evening Post, 2005-10-11. Retrieved on 2007-10-18.
- ^ Gordon, Bryony. "Card Sharp", The Daily Telegraph, 2004-08-27. Retrieved on 2007-10-18.
- ^ Mr Magnificent. Retrieved on 2007-10-17.
