Jeremiah Colman
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Jeremiah Colman (1777–1851) was an English miller who founded Colman's Mustard, a business which merged into the conglomerate Reckitt & Colman, and is now owned by Unilever.
Life
He was born in Norfolk in 1777 to Robert Colman (1749-1807) and Mary (née Harmer). Trained as a miller, Jeremiah Colman managed a mill at Bawburgh before buying his own mill at Pockthorpe{{cite web|url=http://www.norfolkmills.co.uk/WindmillsN/pockthorpe-towermill.html|title=Norfolk Mills - Pockthorpe tower windmill|publisher=|accessdate=19 July 2016}} in 1803.[https://books.google.com/books?id=mIuaaUAM7QcC&pg=PA393 Norwich since 1550 By Carole Rawcliffe, Page 393] Hambledon Continuum, 2004, {{ISBN|978-1-85285-450-8}}
In 1814 he bought the mustard business of Edward Ames and moved it to a mill at Stoke Holy Cross where he started crushing mustard seed. In 1823, having no children of his own, he went into partnership with his nephew James. By 1829 J & J Colman was selling mustard in London.
He was elected Sheriff of Norwich in 1845 and Mayor of Norwich in 1846.{{cite book|title= Norfolk Annals|first= Charles|last = Mackie|page=393}}
Colman died aged 74 in 1851. He had married Anne but had no children. Within 20 years of his death his mustard business had become a Victorian household name.
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