Researching David Coates
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 11165 people with the Coates surname? In that year Coates was ranked number 368 for popularity in the UK. |
The name David means "beloved" and is of Hebrew origin.
Records of David Coates on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for David Coates and the Coates Genealogy
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| Did you know that there are currently 14846 people with the Coates surname in the UK? Coates is now ranked number 387 for popularity in the UK. |
Coates Genealogy Databases
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Coates Forums
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Some Famous People called David Coates
David Coates (footballer)
David Plews Coates (born 11 April 1935 in Newcastle upon Tyne) is an English former professional footballer who played for Hull City (1956–60), Mansfield Town (1960–64) and Notts County (1964–67) where he moved on to the coaching staff on retirement as a player. He later coached at Aston Villa, Leicester City, Luton Town and Stoke City. He then moved into scouting, becoming chief scout at Oxford United before performing the same role at Stoke, Plymouth Argyle, Sunderland and Bolton Wanderers. He has also assisted with scouting for Preston North End, Leeds United, Portsmouth, Middlesbrough and Newcastle United.
Coates is in height and played at inside forward or wing half.
Source: David Coates (footballer), Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaDavid Coates (diplomat)
David Coates (born 13 November 1947) is a retired British diplomat, scholar, former Ambassador to Ivory Coast and Director General of the British Trade & Cultural Office (BTCO) in Taipei.
Coates was educated at the History Department, University of Bristol, then he studied Mandarin at the Stanford Center of National Taiwan University from 1972 to 1973, and taught in Taiwanese cram schools.
After joining the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO), Coates worked at the British Embassy Beijing as First Secretary (Commercial), from 1989 to 1992 he was assigned to Beijing again, as Counsellor (Political) and Deputy Chief of Mission. After returning to London, he served as the Head of Joint Assistance Unit (Central and Eastern Europe) from 1993 to 1995. and was promoted to the Head of Far East and Pacific Department (1995–98). In 1999, he went to Taipei to take the post of Director General BTCO in succession of Alan Stanley Collins, who was appointed as British Ambassador to the Philippines. Leaving his post in Taiwan in 2002, Coates served as the FCO's estate modernisation manager until 2004. and served as the ambassador to Ivory Coast from 2004 to 2006. After retiring from the foreign service, Coates became a research fellow of Taiwan Studies at the University of Oxford, and a visiting professor at the Graduate Institute of European Studies, Tamkang University, Taiwan.
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