The Paisley thread industry and the men who created and developed it, with notes concerning Paisley, old and new (1907)
Blair, Matthew, d. 1908 · Paisley, A. Gardner · leaf 58
was taken in 1890, when the businesswas transformed into a Limited Liability Company, with a capitalof ^5,750,000, and the prospectus states that the average annualprofits for the previous seven years had been ^^426,048 13s. gd. The Coats Firm 53 Two-thirds of the shares and stock were issued to… … Sir Thojias Glen-Coats, Bart., M.P. for West Renirewshire. that their investment had multiplied many times, as referred toat greater length in another chapter. The Coats family have not, as a rule, desired political position,but Sir Thomas Glen-Coats, Bart., of Ferguslie Park, is presendyM.P. for…
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