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Old Photograph St James's Church Paisley Scotland
Old photograph of St James's Church in Paisley, Scotland. This Scottish church is early French Gothic style to a design by Hippolyte Blanc, largely gifted by Sir Peter Coats in 1884. He was a Scottish thread manufacturer and philanthropist of note. He was co founder of the firm J & P Coats which later evolved into Coats Group. He 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. 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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