Peerage Record – 23451

     Olivia Violet Pitman is the daughter of Hon. Lord unknown Pitman.¹ She married Thomas Heywood Coats, son of William Allan Coats and Agnes Bunten Muir, before 1921.¹ She and Thomas Heywood Coats were divorced in 1931.¹
     From before 1931, her married name became Coats.¹

     Sir William David Coats was born on 25 July 1924.² He was the son of Thomas Heywood Coats and Olivia Violet Pitman.² He married Hon. Elizabeth Lilian Graham MacAndrew, daughter of Charles Glen MacAndrew, 1st Baron MacAndrew and Lilian Cathleen Curran, on 8 February 1950.² He died on 1 May 2009 at age 84.³
     He was educated at Eton College, Windsor, Berkshire, England^G.² He held the office of Deputy Lieutenant (D.L.)¹ He was a director of J. & P. Coats Ltd.²

     Hon. Elizabeth Lilian Graham MacAndrew was born on 23 August 1929.² She is the daughter of Charles Glen MacAndrew, 1st Baron MacAndrew and Lilian Cathleen Curran.^1,3 She married Sir William David Coats, son of Thomas Heywood Coats and Olivia Violet Pitman, on 8 February 1950.¹
     From 8 February 1950, her married name became Coats.¹ She lived in 2003 at Newfield, 72 Main Street, Symington, Ayrshire, Scotland^G.²

     Charles Glen MacAndrew, 1st Baron MacAndrew was born on 13 January 1888.² He was the son of Francis Glen MacAndrew and Elizabeth Muir Graham.³ He married, firstly, Lilian Cathleen Curran, daughter of James Prendergast Curran, on 7 February 1918.² He and Lilian Cathleen Curran were divorced in 1938.² He married, secondly, Marion Eleanor Bonthron Mitchell, daughter of James Alexander Ralston Mitchell, on 2 February 1941.² He died on 11 January 1979 at age 90.²
     He lived at Uppingham School, Uppingham, England.² He gained the rank of officer in 1907 in the Ayrshire Yeomanry.² He was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge University, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England.² He fought in the First World War, in France.² He was awarded the Territorial Decoration (T.D.) in 1923.² He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) (Conservative) for Kilmarnock between October 1924 and May 1929.² He held the office of Justice of the Peace (J.P.) in 1929.² He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) (Conservative) for Patrick between October 1931 and October 1935.² He gained the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel between 1932 and 1936 in the Ayrshire Yeomanry (Territorial Army.)² He was appointed Knight in 1935.² He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) (Conservative) for North Ayrshire between November 1935 and September 1959.² He was appointed Officer, Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem (O.St.J.)² He gained the rank of Brevet-Colonel in 1936.² He was member of the Raceecourse Betting Control Board between 1938 and 1961.² He was appointed Privy Counsellor (P.C.) in 1952.² He held the office of Deputy Lieutenant (D.L.) of Ayrshire in 1955.² He was created 1st Baron MacAndrew, of the Firth of Clyde [U.K., 1959] on 8 December 1959.²

     Brian Glen Heywood Coats was born in 1951.¹ He is the son of Sir William David Coats and Hon. Elizabeth Lilian Graham MacAndrew.¹
     He was educated at Eton College, Windsor, Berkshire, England^G.¹

     Adrian James MacAndrew Coats was born in 1955.¹ He is the son of Sir William David Coats and Hon. Elizabeth Lilian Graham MacAndrew.¹
     He was educated at Eton College, Windsor, Berkshire, England^G.¹

     Jane Agnew Coats was born on 26 January 1921.¹ She is the daughter of Thomas Heywood Coats and Olivia Violet Pitman.¹ She married, firstly, Norman Peter Wood, son of Norman Wood, on 14 May 1943.¹ She and Norman Peter Wood were divorced in 1955.¹ She married, secondly, Adam Muir Hamilton on 25 October 1958.¹
     From 14 May 1943, her married name became Wood.¹ From 25 October 1958, her married name became Hamilton.¹

     Norman Peter Wood is the son of Norman Wood.² He married Jane Agnew Coats, daughter of Thomas Heywood Coats and Olivia Violet Pitman, on 14 May 1943.¹ He and Jane Agnew Coats were divorced in 1955.¹

     Adam Muir Hamilton married Jane Agnew Coats, daughter of Thomas Heywood Coats and Olivia Violet Pitman, on 25 October 1958.¹