Timothy Colman
{{Short description|British businessman (1929–2021)}}
{{For|those of a similar name|Tim Coleman (disambiguation)}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific_prefix =
| name = Sir Timothy Colman
| honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|KG|KStJ}}
| image = Sir Timothy Colman.jpg
| caption = Colman in procession to St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle for the annual service of the Order of the Garter in 2006
| birth_name = Timothy James Alan Colman
| birth_date = {{birth date|1929|9|19|df=y}}
| birth_place = Henstead, Norfolk, England
| death_date = {{death date and age|2021|9|9|1929|9|19|df=y}}
| death_place = Bixley Manor, Norfolk, England
| spouse = {{marriage|Lady Mary Bowes-Lyon|1951|2021|end=d}}
| children = 5; including Sarah Troughton
| office = Lord Lieutenant of Norfolk
| term_start = 30 March 1978
| term_end = 19 September 2004
| predecessor = Sir Edmund Bacon
| successor = Sir Richard Jewson
| occupation = Businessman
| alma_mater = Royal Naval College, Dartmouth
| parents = Geoffrey Colman
Lettice Adeane
}}
Sir Timothy James Alan Colman (19 September 1929 – 9 September 2021) was a British businessman and a Lord Lieutenant of Norfolk.[http://www.pm.gov.uk/output/Page6096.asp Lord-Lieutenant for Norfolk] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070205191050/http://www.pm.gov.uk/output/Page6096.asp |date=February 5, 2007 }}
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 Royal Navy. Colman later served as a second lieutenant on HMS Frobisher and Indefatigable leaving as a lieutenant in 1953, before commencing a business career.Who's Who 1987, p. 355 He subsequently joined the Castaways' Club. Colman was chairman of the Eastern Counties Newspaper Group from 1969 to 1996.{{cite web|title=bizonline|url=http://business.edp24.co.uk/story.aspx?brand=BIZOnline&category=Business&tBrand=BIZOnline&tCategory=homepage&itemid=NOED08%20Oct%202004%2020%3A03%3A52%3A663|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070807020155/http://business.edp24.co.uk/story.aspx?brand=BIZOnline&category=Business&tBrand=BIZOnline&tCategory=homepage&itemid=NOED08%20Oct%202004%2020%3A03%3A52%3A663|archivedate=2007-08-07}} He was appointed a Knight Companion of the Order of the Garter in 1996.{{cite web|url=http://www.royal.gov.uk/LatestNewsandDiary/Pressreleases/2008/ANNOUNCEMENTOFANEWAPPOINTMENTTOTHEORDEROFTHEGARTER.aspx |title=Buckingham Palace press releases > New members of the Order of the Garter |publisher=Royal.gov.uk |accessdate=2013-02-05 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130116180920/http://www.royal.gov.uk/LatestNewsandDiary/Pressreleases/2008/ANNOUNCEMENTOFANEWAPPOINTMENTTOTHEORDEROFTHEGARTER.aspx |archivedate=January 16, 2013 }}
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.{{cite web|url=http://www.dcss.org/speedsl/crossbow.html |title=Crossbow I and II on the Dave Culp SpeedSailing site |publisher=Dcss.org |date= |accessdate=2013-02-05}} It held the record for six years until being beaten by the sailboard of Pascal Maka of France.{{cite web|title=sailing.org|url=http://www.sailing.org/default.asp?ID=j1~FnAuvr&MenuID=tp93G
Colman had important roles in establishing the University of East Anglia, the creation of Whitlingham Broad and the Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts.[https://www.edp24.co.uk/news/obituaries/sir-timothy-colman-obituary-8301096 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, and his mother brought 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 Bowes-Lyon), niece of the Queen Mother, and lived in Bixley Manor, near Norwich.{{cite web|author=Deborah McGurran |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/norfolk/news/062001/12/trowse1.shtml |title=BBC Online - Norfolk - News - Trowse 1 |publisher=Bbc.co.uk |date=1970-01-01 |accessdate=2013-02-05}} Lady Mary died on 2 January 2021{{cite web|last1=Colman|first1=Timothy|title=Colman |url=http://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/deaths/246687/colman|website=The Telegraph Announcements|publisher=The Telegraph|access-date=10 September 2021}} and Sir Timothy died at Bixley Manor on 9 September 2021, at the age of 91.{{cite web|last1=Bishop|first1=Donna-Louise|title='Enormous contribution' - Norfolk's love for Sir Timothy Colman |url=https://www.edp24.co.uk/news/obituaries/norfolk-organisations-pay-tribute-to-sir-timothy-colman-8309948|website=Eastern Daily Press|date=9 September 2021}} His death came one day after fellow Knight Companion of the Garter Sir Antony Acland.
Colman's children include Sarah Troughton, who was appointed Lord Lieutenant of Wiltshire in 2012.Morwenna Blake, [http://www.salisburyjournal.co.uk/news/9400614.Queen_appoints_new_Lord_Lieutenant/ Queen appoints new Lord Lieutenant] from Salisbury Journal dated 3 December 2011 online at salisburyjournal.co.uk, accessed 7 May 2012
{{Infobox COA wide
|image = Coat of Arms of Timothy Colman.svg
|bannerimage = Garter Banner of Sir Timothy Colman.svg
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|notes = Knight since 1996
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|crest = Upon a rock proper, a three-pointed star Or between two wings Argent each charged with an estoile Sable
|torse = Mantling Gules doubled Argent
|helm =
|escutcheon = Ermine on a pale indented Or between two crosses fleury Sable a lion rampant Gules armed and langued Azure.
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|orders =The Order of the Garter circlet.[http://www.stgeorges-windsor.org/worship-and-music/experience-st-georges/st-georges-panorama/quire.html Arms shown over the crest image] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131231000008/http://www.stgeorges-windsor.org/worship-and-music/experience-st-georges/st-georges-panorama/quire.html |date=2013-12-31 }}. St George-Windsor. Retrieved 22 December 2013.[http://www.heraldicsculptor.com/gartcres.html Image of the Timothy Colman's crest], Heraldic Sculptor. Retrieved 22 December 2013.
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|banner = The banner of Sir Timothy Colman's arms used as Knight Companion of the Garter depicted at St George's Chapel.
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References
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External links
- [http://www.bluegreenpictures.com/perl/Cyan.pl?mode=view;inum=117417;lightbox=70 Crossbow II]
- [http://www.trampofoil.com/speedsailing/speedsailing.html Speed sailing record]
- [http://www.dcss.org/speedsl/crossbow.html Big boat speed sailing]
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