The Coats Baronetcy, of Auchendrane in the parish of

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in the County of Ayr, is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 7 December 1905 for James Coats, Director of J. and P. Coats Ltd, sewing cotton manufacturers. The second Baronet represented Wimbledon and

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in the

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. The first Baronet was a first cousin of

Sir Thomas Glen-Coats, 1st Baronet Sir Thomas Glen Glen-Coats, 1st Baronet, (19 February 1846 – 12 July 1922) was a Scottish businessman and Liberal Party politician. Glen-Coats was a Director of the thread-making firm of J. & P. Coats. He was created a Baronet, of Ferguslie ...

, and

George Coats, 1st Baron Glentanar George Coats, 1st Baron Glentanar (11 February 1849 – 26 November 1918), was a Scottish cotton manufacturer. Background Coats was the son of Thomas Coats and Margaret Glen, daughter of Thomas Glen, of Thornhill Johnstone, Renfrewshire. He was t ...

Coats baronets, of Auchendrane (1905)

Sir Peter Coats grave, Woodside Cemetery, Paisley

* Sir James Coats, 1st Baronet (1834–1913) * Sir Stuart Auchincloss Coats, 2nd Baronet (1868–1959) * Sir James Stuart Coats, 3rd Baronet (1894–1966) *

Sir Alastair Francis Stuart Coats, 4th Baronet ''Sir'' is a formal honorific address in English for men, derived from Sire in the High Middle Ages. Both are derived from the old French "Sieur" (Lord), brought to England by the French-speaking Normans, and which now exist in French only as ...

(1921–2015) *

Sir Alexander James Coats, 5th Baronet ''Sir'' is a formal honorific address in English for men, derived from Sire in the High Middle Ages. Both are derived from the old French "Sieur" (Lord), brought to England by the French-speaking Normans, and which now exist in French only as ...

(born 1951)

References

*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990. *{{Rayment-bt, date=March 2012 Coats

Coats baronets, of Auchendrane (1905)

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