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Old Photograph Museum Paisley Scotland
Old photograph of the Museum in Paisley, Scotland. Sir Peter Coats funded the construction of the modern Paisley Museum and Central Library in 1871, built in a neo Classical style. Sir Peter Coats was born on 18 July 1808 in Paisley and is deeply associated with that town. He attended Paisley Grammar School and then the University of Glasgow, at first intending to study for as a minister. However he decided to follow his father, James Coats, as a thread manufacturer, largely in partnership with his younger brother Thomas Coats. Sir Peter had twelve children, five sons and seven daughters, with his wife Gloranna McKenzie, all staying together at Woodside House together with a small army of servants. Their eldest son Sir James Coats was made a baronet. He died in the Mustapha Superieur quarter of Algiers on 9 March 1890 aged 81. His body was returned to Paisley for burial in Woodside Cemetery, west of the town centre.
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