Sir Timothy James Alan Colman (19 September 1929 – 9 September 2021) was a British businessman and a

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Biography

Colman was from the Colman's mustard family, and was the son of Lettice Elizabeth Evelyn Adeane and Geoffrey Colman. Colman was educated at Heatherdown Preparatory School in Berkshire and at the age of 13 enrolled at the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth, and joined the

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. Colman later served as a second lieutenant on

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and Indefatigable leaving as a

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in 1953, before commencing a business career. He subsequently joined the

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. Colman was chairman of the Eastern Counties Newspaper Group from 1969 to 1996. He was appointed a Knight of the Order of the Garter in 1996. Colman was a yachtsman, and claimed the record for the world's fastest yacht at 26.3 knots with ''

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'', a

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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. It held the record for six years until being beaten by the

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of Pascal Maka of France. Colman was a member of the

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. Colman had important roles in establishing the

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, the creation of Whitlingham Broad and the

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.Tributes as 'Norfolk son' Sir Timothy Colman dies aged 91
Retrieved 11/9/21.

Personal life

His father died in 1935, when Timothy was just six, his mother bringing up him and his four siblings - David, Juliet, Penelope and Russell. His brother David was killed at El Alamein in 1942 aged 21, the same age that his younger brother Russell died in a railway accident in 1958. He was married to Lady Mary Colman (née

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), niece of

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, and lived in

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Manor, near

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. Lady Mary died on 2 January 2021 and Sir Timothy died at Bixley Manor on 9 September 2021, at the age of 91. His death came one day after fellow Knight of the Garter Sir Antony Acland. Colman's children include

Sarah Troughton Sarah Rose Troughton (''née'' Colman; born 3 May 1953) is the Lord Lieutenant of Wiltshire, appointed with effect from February 2012. She is the first woman to hold the position since it was created in the 16th century. A second cousin of Kin ...

, who was appointed Lord Lieutenant of Wiltshire in 2012.Morwenna Blake
Queen appoints new Lord Lieutenant
from ''

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'' dated 3 December 2011 online at salisburyjournal.co.uk, accessed 7 May 2012

References

External links

Crossbow II
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