sentences:  The Edinburgh-based British Linen was "the only British bank to be formed on the basis of an industrial charter" and, as the name suggests, its roots lay in the Scottish linen industry.The original driving force behind the formation of the British Linen Company (as it was first named) was Andrew Fletcher, Lord Milton.He was a lawyer landowner, had been active in the promotion of The Royal Bank of Scotland and, according to Checkland, "from 1735 to 1766 he was the most important man in the politics of Scotland."