The grave of Thomas Coats, Woodside Cemetery, Paisley

Sir Thomas Glen Glen-Coats, 1st Baronet, (19 February 1846 – 12 July 1922) was a Scottish businessman and

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politician. Glen-Coats was a Director of the thread-making firm of J. & P. Coats. He was created a Baronet, of

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in the Parish of

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in the

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, in 1894. He stood for Renfrewshire West in

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but narrowly lost. However, he narrowly won the seat in

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, He stood down in January 1910. He was also

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between 1908 and 1922. He was awarded the

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in 1892. He took the additional name of Glen before that of Coats by Royal Licence when he was created a baronet. The name Glen comes from his mother's family and his first cousin,

Matthew Arthur, 1st Baron Glenarthur Matthew Arthur, 1st Baron Glenarthur, (9 March 1852 – 23 September 1928), known as Sir Matthew Arthur, 1st Baronet, from 1903 to 1918, was a Scottish businessman. Background Glenarthur was son of James Arthur of Carlung in Ayrshire and of Bar ...

, likewise added Glen when he was raised to the peerage. He is buried with his family at the summit of Woodside Cemetery in western Paisley.

Family

Thomas Glen-Coats married Elise Agnes Walker (1855-1910), daughter of Alexander Walker, Esquire, merchant, of Montreal, in 1876. She was identified with Liberal associations and interests in the West of Scotland. Their eldest son was

Sir Thomas Glen-Coats, 2nd Baronet Sir Thomas Coats Glen Glen-Coats, 2nd Baronet (5 May 1878, in Paisley – 7 March 1954, in Glasgow) was a Scottish sailor who competed for the Royal Clyde Yacht Club in the 12-metre class at the 1908 Summer Olympics. He was the son of Sir Th ...

, an Olympic sailor. In July 1902, their daughter opened the new sanatorium for consumptives at Athronhill, Scotland. The family donated $10,000 to the London Cancer Research Fund.

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* 1846 births 1922 deaths Scottish Liberal Party MPs Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Scottish constituencies UK MPs 1906–1910 Baronets in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom Companions of the Order of the Bath Lord-Lieutenants of Renfrewshire {{Scotland-Liberal-UK-MP-stub