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The grave of Sir Thomas Coats, Woodside Cemetery, Paisley

Sir Thomas Glen Glen-Coats, 1st Baronet, CB, VD (19 February 1846 – 12 July 1922[1]) was a Scottish businessman and Liberal Party politician.[2]

Biography

Glen-Coats was a Director of the thread-making firm of J. & P. Coats. He was created a Baronet, of Ferguslie Park in the Parish of Abbey in the County of Renfrew, in 1894.[3][4] He took the additional name of Glen before that of Coats by Royal Licence when he was created a baronet.[5] The name Glen comes from his mother's family and his first cousin, Matthew Arthur, 1st Baron Glenarthur, likewise added Glen when he was raised to the peerage.

He stood for Renfrewshire West in 1900 but narrowly lost.[6] However, he narrowly won the seat in 1906,[7] He stood down in January 1910.[6] He was also Lord Lieutenant of Renfrewshire between 1908[8] and 1922.[9]

He was honorary colonel of the 6th Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders and was awarded the Volunteer Decoration in 1892.[10]

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, 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.[11]

Election results

General election 1900: Renfrewshire West [12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Charles Bine Renshaw 4,323
Liberal Sir Thomas Glen Glen-Coats 4,053
General election 1906: Renfrewshire West [13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Sir Thomas Glen Glen-Coats 5,858 56.6
Conservative J. C. Cunninghame 4,490 43.4

References

  1. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "R" (part 1)
  2. ^ "Glen-Coats, Sir Thomas Glen, 1st Bt". Who's Who. 1919. p. 962.
  3. ^ "No. 26526". The London Gazette. 26 June 1894. p. 3652.
  4. ^ Leigh Rayment's list of baronets – Baronetcies beginning with "G" (part 1)
  5. ^ "No. 26532". The London Gazette. 17 July 1894. p. 4082.
  6. ^ a b Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1974]. British parliamentary election results 1885–1918 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 558. ISBN 0-900178-27-2.
  7. ^ "No. 27885". The London Gazette. 13 February 1906. p. 1049.
  8. ^ "No. 28162". The London Gazette. 28 July 1908. p. 5531.
  9. ^ "No. 32772". The London Gazette. 1 December 1922. p. 8519.
  10. ^ "No. 26347". The London Gazette. 22 November 1892. p. 6580.
  11. ^ Morgan, Henry James, ed. (1903). Types of Canadian Women and of Women who are or have been Connected with Canada. Toronto: Williams Briggs. p. 59.
  12. ^ Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1901
  13. ^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1907
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member of Parliament for West Renfrewshire
1906 – January 1910 		Succeeded by
Honorary titles
Preceded by Lord Lieutenant of Renfrewshire
1908–1922 		Succeeded by
Baronetage of the United Kingdom
New creation Baronet
(of Ferguslie Park)
1894–1922 		Succeeded by


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