Baron Glentanar
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Baron Glentanar, of Glen Tanar in the County of Aberdeen, was a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
. It 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
, and a first cousin of Sir James Coats, 1st Baronet (see Coats Baronets
).
Peerage of the United Kingdom
The Peerage of the United Kingdom comprises most peerages created in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland after the Act of Union in 1801, when it replaced the Peerage of Great Britain...
. It 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-Coats, 1st Baronet
Sir Thomas Glen Glen-Coats, 1st Baronet VD 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. He stood for Renfrewshire...
, and a first cousin of Sir James Coats, 1st Baronet (see Coats Baronets
Coats Baronets
The Coats Baronetcy, of Auchendrane in Maybole in the County of Ayr, is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 7 December 1905 for James Coats, Director of J. and P. Coats Ltd, sewing cotton manufacturers...
).
Barons Glentanar (1916)
- George Coats, 1st Baron Glentanar (1849–1918)
- Thomas Coats, 2nd Baron Glentanar (1894–1971)