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William Coates was born on 1st March 1866 at Strandtown, Belfast. He served an apprenticeship with Richardson Bros. & Co. linen merchants before taking up a career as a stockbroker. Coates established W. F. Coates & Co., stockbrokers, in 1885. He entered the Belfast Corporation in 1902 when he was elected as a Councillor for Ormeau ward and became Alderman for the same ward in 1916. In 1906, Coates served as High Sheriff of Belfast. Coates was appointed as Chairman of the Corporation Finance Committee in 1917 and served in that position until his death. Coates was Lord Mayor when the first session of the Parliament of Northern Ireland took place. At that time the Lord Mayor of Belfast automatically became a member of the Northern Irish Senate (an upper house equivalent to the House of Lords).
He was a keen motorist and one of the first owners of a modern car in Northern Ireland. Coates died on 19th January 1932, aged 65, at his Carrickfergus residence.
Belfast City Hall
Belfast
Title
Sir William Coates, Lord Mayor of Belfast (1920–1922 & 1929–1930)
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
H 200 x W 100 cm (E)
Accession number
1930-001
Work type
Painting
Belfast City Hall
Donegal Place, Belfast, County Antrim BT1 5GS Northern Ireland
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