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The Coats Baronetcy, of Auchendrane in the parish of
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Maybole
Maybole is a town and former burgh of barony and police burgh in South Ayrshire, Scotland. It had an estimated population of in . It is situated south of Ayr and southwest of Glasgow by the Glasgow and South Western Railway. The town is bypass ...
in the County of Ayr
Ayrshire ( gd, Siorrachd Inbhir Àir, ) is a historic county and registration county in south-west Scotland, located on the shores of the Firth of Clyde. Its principal towns include Ayr, Kilmarnock and Irvine and it borders the counties of R ...
, is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom
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Baronetage of England (1611–1705)
King James ...
. 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 East Surrey
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Since its creation in 1918, East Surrey h ...
in the House of Commons
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as a Conservative
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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 P ...
, and George Coats, 1st Baron Glentanar.
Coats baronets, of Auchendrane (1905)
*Sir James Coats, 1st Baronet
The Coats Baronetcy, of Auchendrane in the parish of Maybole 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 manufacturer ...
(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 (1921–2015)
* Sir Alexander James Coats, 5th Baronet (born 1951)
See also
* Glen-Coats baronets *Baron Glentanar
Baron Glentanar, of Glen Tanar in the County of Aberdeen, was a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. The family owned the Glen Tanar Estate in Aberdeenshire., and also town houses in Edinburgh, and Aberdeen. The barony was created on 29 Ju ...
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