Editing 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|Bixley Manor]], Norfolk, England
| spouse = {{marriage|[[Lady Mary Colman|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 [[Sir Edmund Bacon, 13th Baronet|Edmund Bacon]]
| successor = [[Richard Jewson|Sir Richard Jewson]]
| occupation = Businessman
| alma_mater = [[Britannia Royal Naval College|Royal Naval College]], [[Dartmouth, Devon|Dartmouth]]
| parents = [[Geoffrey Colman]]<br />Lettice Adeane
}}
'''Sir Timothy James Alan Colman''' (19 September 1929 – 9 September 2021) was a British businessman and a [[Lord Lieutenant of Norfolk]].<ref>[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 }}</ref>

==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<ref name=obit/> and at the age of 13 enrolled at the [[Britannia Royal Naval College|Royal Naval College]], [[Dartmouth, Devon|Dartmouth]], and joined the [[Royal Navy]]. Colman later served as a second lieutenant on [[HMS Frobisher (D81)|HMS Frobisher]] and [[HMS Indefatigable (R10)|Indefatigable]]<ref name=obit/> leaving as a [[Lieutenant (navy)|lieutenant]] in 1953, before commencing a business career.<ref>Who's Who 1987, p. 355</ref> He subsequently joined the [[Castaways' Club]]. Colman was chairman of the [[Archant|Eastern Counties Newspaper Group]] from 1969 to 1996.<ref>{{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}}</ref> He was appointed a [[Knight Companion of the Order of the Garter]] in 1996.<ref>{{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 }}</ref>

Colman was a yachtsman, and claimed the record for the world's fastest yacht at 26.3 [[knot (unit)|knots]] with ''[[Crossbow (proa)|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 (proa)|Crossbow II]]'' extended the record to 36 knots.<ref>{{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}}</ref> It held the record for six years until being beaten by the [[sailboard]] of [[Pascal Maka]] of France.<ref>{{cite web|title=sailing.org|url=http://www.sailing.org/default.asp?ID=j1~FnAuvr&MenuID=tp93G<t>G1C14Fs6,<%7c7><%7c5GRA>e~Z9Aj/cbgQozWJfdaNjWN1Tvsw6Y12yx}}</ref> Colman was a member of the [[Royal Yacht Squadron]].

Colman had important roles in establishing the [[University of East Anglia]], the creation of [[Whitlingham#Broads and country park|Whitlingham Broad]] and the [[Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts]].<ref name=obit>[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.</ref>

==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.<ref name=obit/>

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.<ref name=obit/>

He was married to [[Lady Mary Colman]] (née [[Bowes-Lyon]]), niece of [[Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon|the Queen Mother]], and lived in [[Bixley]] Manor, near [[Norwich]].<ref>{{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}}</ref> Lady Mary died on 2 January 2021<ref>{{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}}</ref> and Sir Timothy died at Bixley Manor on 9 September 2021, at the age of 91.<ref>{{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}}</ref> His death came one day after fellow Knight Companion of the Garter [[Antony Acland|Sir Antony Acland]].

Colman's children include [[Sarah Troughton]], who was appointed [[Lord Lieutenant of Wiltshire]] in 2012.<ref>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</ref>

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|image = Coat of Arms of Timothy Colman.svg
|bannerimage = Garter Banner of Sir Timothy Colman.svg
|badgeimage =
|notes = Knight since 1996
|adopted =
|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.<ref>[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.</ref><ref>[http://www.heraldicsculptor.com/gartcres.html Image of the Timothy Colman's crest], Heraldic Sculptor. Retrieved 22 December 2013.</ref>
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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, Windsor Castle|St George's Chapel]].
|badge = 
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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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