James Coates (British Army officer)

James Coates
BornDecember 1739
Overton, North Yorkshire
Died22 July 1822[1]
Heslington, North Yorkshire
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service / branch British Army
RankGeneral
Battles / warsAmerican Revolutionary War
Flanders Campaign

General James Coates (December 1739 – 22 July 1822) was a British Army officer who became colonel of the 2nd (The Queen's Royal) Regiment of Foot.

Military career

Coates was commissioned as an ensign in the 19th Regiment of Foot on 25 December 1755.[2] He commanded his regiment at the Battle of Monck's Corner in April 1780 and at the Siege of Ninety-Six in May 1781 during the American Revolutionary War and commanded a brigade during the Flanders Campaign.[2] He went on to be colonel of the 2nd (The Queen's Royal) Regiment of Foot on 20 December 1794.[3]

Family

James Coates was the first son of Reverend John Coates[4] and Margaret Reeves and was born in Overton, near York. On the 5 May 1763, he married Catherine Darley (daughter of Richard Darley, Lord of the Manor of Bishop Wilton). She died shortly after the birth of their son, Major James Richard Coates, of the 69th Regiment of Foot (20 May 1767 - October 1811).[5][6] James Coates also had an illegitimate son (with Maria Johnson) William Henry Coates Esq. (15 August 1785 - 31 July 1857), a gentleman and timber merchant from Leeds.[7]

References

  1. ^ "Summary of the will of James Coates of Heslington".
  2. ^ a b "General James Coates 1794-1822". Queen’s Royal Surreys. Retrieved 27 February 2016.
  3. ^ Cannon, p. 40
  4. ^ "Reverend John Coates". Clergy database. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
  5. ^ "Will of Richard Darley of Bishop Wilton esq" (PDF). 7 December 1769. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
  6. ^ "Summary of will of Major James Richard Coates". Retrieved 3 July 2023.
  7. ^ "The ancestry of HRH The Duchess of Cornwall". Retrieved 3 July 2023.

Sources

Military offices
Preceded by Colonel of the 2nd (The Queen's Royal) Regiment of Foot
1794–1822 		Succeeded by