Williams Deacon's Bank is now part of the Royal Bank of Scotland. It was acquired in 1930, and had a large network of branches in the north-west of England. In 1970 it was integrated with Glyn, Mills & Co. and The National Bank (which were part of the same group) to form Williams & Glyn's Bank.
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