Sir William Coates, 1st Baronet
Sir William Coates John C. White | |
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Succeeded by | William George Turner |
High Sheriff of Belfast | |
In office 1906–1907 | |
Preceded by | Henry O'Neill |
Succeeded by | Peter O'Connell |
Personal details | |
Born | William Frederick Coates 1866 Belfast, Ireland |
Died | 19 January 1932 | (aged 65–66)
Spouse | Elsie Millicent Gregory |
Education | Royal Belfast Academical Institution |
Occupation | Stockbroker |
Sir William Frederick Coates, 1st Baronet, .
Early life
Coates was born in Belfast in 1866. He studied at the
née Mulligan) Coates.[2]
Career
He initially entered the
Lord Mayor of Belfast
in 1920 and then re-elected twice, serving until 1923.
He hosted the
King and Queen when they visited Belfast to open the Parliament of Northern Ireland (of which he was also a Senator, both ex officio as Lord Mayor and as an elected member 1924-1929[3]) in July 1921. For hosting the monarchs, and guiding Belfast past the sectarian conflict that marked the creation of Northern Ireland in the early 1920s, Coates was created a Baronet of Haypark.[4]
He served as Lord Mayor again from 1929 to 1931.
He served as High Sheriff of Belfast (1906–1907) and as High Sheriff of Antrim (1931–1932).[5]
Personal life
On 27 November 1907, Coates married Elsie Millicent Gregory, daughter of Colonel Frederick William Gregory. Together, they were the parents of:[2]
- Jean Ann Dorothy Coates, who married Thomas Roland Lecky Sinclair in 1938.[2]
- Sir Frederick Gregory Lindsay Coates, 2nd Baronet (1916–1994), who was a Brigadier in the Royal Tank Regiment. He married Joan Nugent Spinks, daughter of Major-General Sir Charlton Watson Spinks.[2]
Coates died on 19 January 1932 and was succeeded by his son Frederick.[6] Upon his son's death in 1994, Sir William's grandson, David Frederick Charlton Coates (b. 1948), became the 3rd Baronet.[2]
Arms
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References
- ^ John F. Harbinson, The Ulster Unionist Party, 1882-1973, p.208
- ^ ISBN 9780333545775. Retrieved 17 May 2019.
- ^ "Members of the Northern Ireland Senate, 1921-72". www.ark.ac.uk.
- ^ "No. 32387". The London Gazette. 12 July 1921. p. 5553.
- ^ "No. 497". The Belfast Gazette. 2 January 1931. p. 2.
- ^ Obituary, The Times, 20 January 1932
- ^ "Grants and Confirmations of Arms Volume M". National Library of Ireland. p. 94. Retrieved 23 August 2022.