Peter Coats

Sir Peter Coats of Auchendrane FRSE JP DL (18 July 1808 – 9 March 1890) was a Scottish thread manufacturer and philanthropist.

However he decided to follow his father as a thread manufacturer (largely in partnership with his younger brother Thomas Coats).

[3] Following his wife's death in 1877 he retired to Auchedrane near Maybole in Ayrshire, and lived there for more than twenty years.

The grave is paired with that of Sir Thomas Coats, flanking the statue to James Fillans.

In the same vein as Carnegie, Coats believed that gain in personal wealth had to be balanced against good deeds in a public way.