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Thomas Coats was a Scottish thread manufacturer. His father, James Coats, was one of the founders of the Coats Group of Paisley. In the hands of Thomas and his surviving brother, Sir Peter Coats, the Ferguslie Thread Works became substantial.

Title

Thomas Coats (1809–1883)

Date

1898

Medium

bronze & granite

Accession number

PA1_GB_S025

Acquisition method

funded by public subscription

Work type

Statue

Work status

extant

Listing status

B (Scotland)

Unveiling date

26th February 1898

Listing date

26/02/71

Access

at all times

Inscription description

plinth: THOMAS COATS / OF FERGUSLIE WOODSIDE / BORN 18TH OCT. 1809 DIED 15TH OCT. 1883 / ERECTED BY PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION AT THE SAME TIME / AS THE STATUE OF HIS BROTHER SIR PETER COATS OF WOODSIDE / IN RECOGNITION OF THE ESTEEM IN WHICH THEY WERE HELD ON / ACCOUNT OF THEIR HIGH PUBLIC CHARACTER AND GREAT PRIVATE / WORTH AND IN MEMORY OF THEIR MANY ACTS OF GENEROSITY / TO THEIR NATIVE TOWN OF PAISLEY. 26TH FEB. 1898

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