Sir Timothy James Alan Colman KG (born 19 September 1929) is a British multi-millionaire and a previous Lord Lieutenant of Norfolk[1]. He was appointed a Knight of the Order of the Garter in 1996.[2] He is married to Lady Mary Colman (née Bowes-Lyon), the niece of HM Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother and lives in Bixley Manor near Norwich.[3]
Sir Timothy is from the Colman's mustard family, and was Chairman of the Eastern Counties Newspaper Group between 1969 and 1996.[4]
He has also been a keen yachtsman and claimed the record for the world's fastest yacht at 26.3 knots with Crossbow, a proa 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[5]. It held the record for six years until being beaten by the sailboard of Pascal Maka of France.[6]
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References
- ^ Lord-Lieutenant for Norfolk
- ^ Buckingham Palace press releases > New members of the Order of the Garter
- ^ BBC Online - Norfolk - News - Trowse 1
- ^ "bizonline". http://business.edp24.co.uk/story.aspx?brand=BIZOnline&category=Business&tBrand=BIZOnline&tCategory=homepage&itemid=NOED08%20Oct%202004%2020%3A03%3A52%3A663.
- ^ Crossbow I and II on the Dave Culp SpeedSailing site
- ^ "<t>G1C14Fs6,< sailing.org". http://www.sailing.org/default.asp?ID=j1~FnAuvr&MenuID=tp93G<t>G1C14Fs6,<.
| Honorary titles | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Sir Edmund Castell Bacon, Bt |
Lord Lieutenant of Norfolk 1978–2004 |
Succeeded by Richard Jewson |
| Academic offices | ||
| Preceded by Sir Edmund Bacon, 13th Baronet |
Pro-Chancellor of the University of East Anglia 1973–1985 |
Succeeded by Colonel Geoffrey Seymour Hamilton Dicker |
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