Background
He was the son of Sir Thomas Glen-Coats, 1st Baronet, Member of Parliament for West Renfrewshire.
He was the son of Sir Thomas Glen-Coats, 1st Baronet, Member of Parliament for West Renfrewshire.
She was the first yacht in the new metre-class to be built in the United Kingdom. The "Coates" name (textile/thread dynasty of Paisley) became well known for racing 8-Metres on the Clyde, between 1911 and 1938. Heatherbell later represented Finland in the 1912 Helsinki Summer Olympics. He was apprentice to Alfred Mylne, who crewed on the yacht for his young protégé.
On his father"s death in 1922 he became a baronet.
The baronetcy became extinct on his death.