Glen-Coats baronets

The Glen-Coats Baronetcy, of Ferguslie Park in the Parish of Abbey in the County of Renfrew, was a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom.[1] It was created on 25 June 1894 for Thomas Glen-Coats, Director of the thread-making firm of J. & P. Coats, Ltd, and later Liberal Member of Parliament for Renfrewshire West. Born Thomas Coats, he assumed the additional surname of Glen, which was that of his maternal grandfather.[2] He was succeeded by his son, the second Baronet. He won a gold medal in sailing at the 1908 Summer Olympics. The title became extinct on his death in 1954.

Two other members of the Coats family also gained distinction. George Coats, 1st Baron Glentanar, was the younger brother of the first Baronet, while Sir James Coats, 1st Baronet (see Coats baronets), was the first cousin of the first Baronet.

Glen-Coats baronets, of Ferguslie Park (1894)

Coat of arms of Glen-Coats of Ferguslie Park
Crest
1st, An anchor erect Proper (Coats); 2nd, a Cornish chough Sable, beaked Gules (Glen).
Escutcheon
Quarterly, 1st and 4th: Or, a stag’s head erased Gules, between the attires a pheon Azure, all between three mascles Sable, a bordure engrailed of the Last (Coats); 2nd and 3rd: Ermine, three Cornish choughs Sable, beaked Gules.[4]
Motto
Over crests, 1st: Be firm; 2nd: Deus alit corvos (God feed the ravens)

See also

References

  1. ↑ "No. 26526". The London Gazette. 26 June 1894. p. 3652.
  2. ↑ "No. 26532". The London Gazette. 17 July 1894. p. 4082.
  3. 1 2 Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage (99th ed.). London: Burke's Peerage Ltd. and Shaw Publishing. 1949. pp. 435–436.
  4. ↑ Debrett's baronetage (1921).
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