Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 167,713 pages of information and 247,105 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

George Coats (1846-1901)

From Graces Guide

1846 Born son of Peter Coats

Involved in the J. and P. Coats company up until it became a public company

1878 George Coats, son of Peter Coats, was a partner in Stevenson and Coats, grain millers when the company was sequestrated.[1] 'The estates of Stevenson and Coats, Grain Millers, in Glasgow, as a Company, and William Stevenson and George Coats, both Grain Millers there, the Individual Partners of that Firm, as such Partners, and as Individuals, were sequestrated...'[2]

1892 One of the promoters of the British Mexican Railway Co[3]

1901 Died in Paisley

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Sources of Information

  1. Glasgow Herald - Thursday 05 September 1878
  2. The London Gazette Publication date:5 February 1879 Issue:24549 Page:637
  3. Glasgow Herald - Wednesday 22 November 1893