Timothy Colman
Sir Timothy Colman | |
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![]() Colman in procession to St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle for the annual service of the Order of the Garter in 2006. | |
Lord Lieutenant of Norfolk | |
In office 30 March 1978 – 19 September 2004 | |
Preceded by | Sir Edmund Bacon |
Succeeded by | Sir Richard Jewson |
Personal details | |
Born | Timothy James Alan Colman (Age 91) Henstead, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom |
Spouse | |
Children | 5; including Sarah |
Parent(s) | Geoffrey Colman Lettice Adeane |
Alma mater | Royal Naval College, Dartmouth |
Occupation | Businessman |
Sir Timothy James Alan Colman KG (born 19 September 1929) is a British businessman and a former Lord Lieutenant of Norfolk.[1]
Colman is from the Colman's mustard family. His father was Geoffrey Colman.[2] He was educated at the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth, and joined the Royal Navy, leaving as a lieutenant in 1953, before commencing a business career.[3] He subsequently joined the Castaways' Club. Colman was chairman of the Eastern Counties Newspaper Group from 1969 to 1996.[4] He was appointed a Knight of the Order of the Garter in 1996.[5]
Colman was a yachtsman, and claimed the record for the world's fastest yacht at 26.3 knots with Crossbow, a proa outrigger, at the inception of the World Sailing Speed Record Council in 1972. He increased the record to 31.2 knots three years later, and then in 1980 his catamaran Crossbow II extended the record to 36 knots.[6] It held the record for six years until being beaten by the sailboard of Pascal Maka of France.[7] Colman is a member of the Royal Yacht Squadron.
Personal life
He was married to Lady Mary Colman (née Bowes-Lyon), niece of the Queen Mother, and lives in Bixley Manor near Norwich.[8] Lady Mary died on 2 January 2021.[9]
Colman's children include Sarah Troughton, who was appointed as Lord Lieutenant of Wiltshire in 2012.[10]
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References
- ^ Lord-Lieutenant for Norfolk Archived February 5, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Profile: Geoffrey Russell Rees Colman". www.thepeerage.com. Retrieved 2018-09-23.
- ^ Who's Who 1987, p. 355
- ^ "bizonline". Archived from the original on 2007-08-07.
- ^ "Buckingham Palace press releases > New members of the Order of the Garter". Royal.gov.uk. Archived from the original on January 16, 2013. Retrieved 2013-02-05.
- ^ "Crossbow I and II on the Dave Culp SpeedSailing site". Dcss.org. Retrieved 2013-02-05.
- ^ <t>G1C14Fs6,<%7c7><%7c5GRA>e~Z9Aj/cbgQozWJfdaNjWN1Tvsw6Y12yx "sailing.org".
- ^ Deborah McGurran (1970-01-01). "BBC Online - Norfolk - News - Trowse 1". Bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2013-02-05.
- ^ Colman
- ^ Morwenna Blake, Queen appoints new Lord Lieutenant from Salisbury Journal dated 3 December 2011 online at salisburyjournal.co.uk, accessed 7 May 2012
- ^ Arms shown over the crest image Archived 2013-12-31 at the Wayback Machine. St George-Windsor. Retrieved 22 December 2013.
- ^ Image of the Timothy Colman's crest, Heraldic Sculptor. Retrieved 22 December 2013.
External links
- 1929 births
- Living people
- English male sailors (sport)
- Knights of the Garter
- Knights of the Order of St John
- Lord-Lieutenants of Norfolk
- People associated with the University of East Anglia
- People from South Norfolk (district)
- British business biography, 20th-century birth stubs
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- British yacht racing biography stubs
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