Major Edward Feetham Coates, M.P., J.P., D.L. of Tayles Hill, Ewell, Surrey, and Helperby Hall, York - A Large Collection of Personal Family Letters, Photographs and Other Ephemera. Edward Feetham Coates was the eldest son of the late James Coates, J.P., D.L., of Helperby Hall, Yorks, and Elizabeth, only daughter of William Sayer, Yarm, York; born at Clapham, February 28th, 1853; educated at Marlborough College. Alderman and Chairman, Surrey County Council; Member of Parliament for Lewisham since 1603; contested Elland Division, Yorks, 1900; Justice of the Peace and Deputy Lieutenant for Surrey; Justice of the Peace for the North Riding of Yorkshire; one of his Majesty’s Lieutenants for the city of London, 1900; on roll for High Sheriff, Surrey, 1906; late 3rd Batt. (Duke of Wellington’s) West Riding Regiment; patron of the living of Burton Agnes, Yorkshire; was in Marlborough College Rifle Team at Wimbledon, second for Spencer Cup in 1868; a collector of old prints and pictures. Recreations: yachting, shooting, hunting and coaching; Rear-Commodore, Royal Southern Yacht Club; for five years drove the Hertford coach. “The Old Telegraphâ€. Married, in 1878, Edith, eldest daughter of Captain Phillip Woolley, of Gravenhurst, Sussex, and has issue one son, Captain Edward Clive, 15th Hussars, A.D.C., to the Earl of Aberdeen, Viceroy of Ireland, married, 1906, Lady Celia Crewe-Milnes, second daughter of the Earl of Crewe, Lord President of the Council; and one daughter, Dorothy Anne. Clubs: Royal Yacht Squadron, Carlton, Junior United Service, Wellington, and Yorkshire. - A Large Collection of Personal Letters, Photographs and Other Ephemera. Captain Sir Edward Clive Milnes-Coates, 2nd Bt. was born on 21 May 1879. He was the son of Edward Feetham Coates, 1st Bt. and Edith Woolley. He married Lady Celia Hermione Crewe-Milnes, daughter of Sir Robert Offley Ashburton Crewe-Milnes, 1st and last Marquess of Crewe and Sibyl Marcia Graham, on 8 October 1906.He died on 4 September 1971 at age 92. He was educated Charterhouse and Exeter College Oxford.2 He was Captain (RO) 15th/19th Hussars WW I (despatches). He was Justice of the Peace (J.P.). He was Officer, Order of the British Empire (O.B.E.) in 1919. He was Knight, Order of the Garter (K.G.)