James T. Bates

James T. Bates, unknown date James Tuttle Bates (29 September 1844 – 24 December 1914) was an American businessman who founded the daily newspaper Tribune de Genève on 1 February 1879.

Early life Bates was born in Boston, Massachusetts. He was a son of shipowner Joseph C. Bates and Abigail (née Carleton) Bates (1820–1873).

In 1887, he founded the "Union Bank", which was absorbed into the Union Bank of Switzerland (later to become UBS AG) in 1919. Together, they were the parents of six children, five of whom lived to maturity, including:

Marguerite Bates (1874–1964), who married René Monod (1872–1965), a Swiss Private Banker with Darier & Cie, in 1896. After his death, she married Alfred Adolphe Gautier (1858–1920), member of the International Committee of the Red Cross and a judge of the Court of Cassation, in 1907. Maurice-Edmond Bates (1877–1877), who died in infancy. Edmée-Mina Bates (b. 1881), who married Belgian André Gouzée, manager of the Mortgage Company of Canada, in 1910. Frederick-Norris Bates (1883–1972), a director of the Union Bank who married Renée Brot (1894–1978) in 1915.

He was a founder and an active member of Emmanuel Episcopal Church, also known as the "American Church" of Geneva.

Bates died in Geneva on 24 December 1914. His widow died in 1943.