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 Geoffrey Russell Rees Colman (14 March 1892 – 18 March 1935) was an English cricketer active in first-class cricket from 1912 to 1924. Colman was born at Norwich to mustard manufacturer Russell James Colman, of Crown Point House, Norwich, ...

. Colman was educated at

Heatherdown Preparatory School Heatherdown School, formally called Heatherdown Preparatory School, was an independent preparatory school for boys, near Ascot, in the English county of Berkshire. Set in of grounds, it typically taught between eighty and ninety boys between t ...

in Berkshire and at the age of 13 enrolled at the

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, 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 Castaways' Club. Colman was chairman of the Eastern Counties Newspaper Group from 1969 to 1996. He was appointed a

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in 1996. Colman was a yachtsman, and claimed the record for the world's fastest yacht at 26.3

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with ''

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'', a

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outrigger, at the inception of the

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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

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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 Lady Mary Cecilia Colman (''née'' Bowes-Lyon; 30 January 1932 – 2 January 2021) was an English socialite, philanthropist, and extra lady-in-waiting to Princess Alexandra, The Honourable Lady Ogilvy. The daughter of Michael Bowes-Lyon and Eli ...

(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 Ki ...

, who was appointed

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in 2012.Morwenna Blake
Queen appoints new Lord Lieutenant
from '' Salisbury Journal'' dated 3 December 2011 online at salisburyjournal.co.uk, accessed 7 May 2012

References

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