Sir Edward Coates, 1st Baronet
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Major Sir Edward Coates, 1st Baronet, DL (25 February 1853 – 14 August 1921), was a British stockbroker and politician.
Early life
Sir Edward Coates was born in 1853.{{cite web | url = http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/Lcommons2.htm | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090810231636/http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/Lcommons2.htm | archive-date = 10 August 2009 | title = House of Commons constituencies beginning with "L" | work = Leigh Rayment's House of Commons pages | url-status = usurped | accessdate = 2010-05-30}} His father, John Coates, was a magistrate. He was educated at Marlborough College.
Career
Coates was a member of the city stockbroking firm of Coates and Son.Obituary, The Times, 15 August 1921.
In 1903 he was elected Conservative Party Member of Parliament (MP) for Lewisham. When that constituency was abolished in 1918 he won the new seat of Lewisham West which he held until his death.
He was an art collector who specialised in old prints and was a trustee of the National Portrait Gallery. He was also a sportsman who took part in shooting, hunting, yachting and coach-driving, and won numerous cups and trophies.
In 1905, he was appointed a deputy lieutenant of Surrey.{{London Gazette | issue=27769 |page=1503 | date=28 February 1905}} He was an alderman in Surrey County Council, being chairman of the finance committee for ten years and chairman of the council for four. He was a member of the Duke of Wellington's Regiment and was made a baronet in 1911.
Death
References
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External links
- {{Hansard-contribs | sir-edward-coates | Sir Edward Coates }}
- [https://archives.parliament.uk/collections/getrecord/GB61_COA Parliamentary Archives, Papers of Sir Edward Feetham Coates, MP]
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Category:Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies
Category:Baronets in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom
Category:Members of Surrey County Council
Category:People educated at Marlborough College
Category:Deputy lieutenants of Surrey