Baron Glentanar, of Glen Tanar in the County of Aberdeen, was a title in the

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. The family owned the Glen Tanar Estate in

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., and also town houses in

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, and

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. The barony was created on 29 June 1916 for George Coats. The title became extinct on the death of his son, the second Baron, in 1971. The first Baron was the younger brother 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 (UK), Liberal Party politician. Biography Glen-Coats was a Director of the thread-making firm of J. & P. Coats. He was ...

, and a first cousin of Sir James Coats, 1st Baronet (see

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). Thomas was director of

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in 1918; and previously he served in

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as lieutenant as part of the

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Royal regiment of Scotland, and as a signal sergeant. He became a justice of the peace for Aberdeenshire.

Barons Glentanar (1916)

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 ...

(1849–1918) *Thomas Coats, 2nd Baron Glentanar (1894–1971)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Glentanar Extinct baronies in the Peerage of the United Kingdom Noble titles created in 1916

Barons Glentanar (1916)

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