Sir Thomas Glen-Coats, 1st Baronet

Sir Thomas Glen Glen-Coats, 1st Baronet VD (19 February 1846 – 12 July 1922)[1] 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 Park in the Parish of Abbey in the County of Renfrew, in 1894.[2] He stood for Renfrewshire West in 1900 but narrowly lost.[3]

General Election 1900: Renfrewshire West [4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Charles Bine Renshaw 4,323
Liberal Sir Thomas Glen Glen-Coats 4,053

However, he narrowly won the seat in 1906,[5]

General Election 1906: Renfrewshire West [6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Sir Thomas Glen Glen-Coats 5,858 56.6
Conservative J. C. Cunninghame 4,490 43.4

He stood down in January 1910.[3] He was also Lord Lieutenant of Renfrewshire between 1908[7] and 1922. He held the Volunteer Decoration.[7]

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.

Family

Thomas Glen-Coats married Elise Agnes, 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.[8]

References

  1. ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "R" (part 1)
  2. ↑ Leigh Rayment's list of baronets – Baronetcies beginning with "G" (part 1)
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 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.
  4. ↑ Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1901
  5. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 27885. p. 1049. 13 February 1906. Retrieved 15 December 2010.
  6. ↑ Whitaker's Almanack, 1907
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 The London Gazette: no. 28162. p. 5531. 28 July 1908. Retrieved 15 December 2010.
  8. ↑ Morgan, Henry James Types of Canadian women and of women who are or have been connected with Canada : (Toronto, 1903)

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Charles Renshaw		 Member of Parliament for West Renfrewshire
1906 – January 1910 		Succeeded by
James William Greig
Honorary titles
Preceded by
Lord Blythswood		 Lord Lieutenant of Renfrewshire
1908–1922 		Succeeded by
Sir Hugh Shaw-Stewart, Bt
Baronetage of the United Kingdom
New creation Baronet
(of Ferguslie Park)
1894–1922 		Succeeded by
Thomas Glen-Coats