Timothy Colman

For those of a similar name, see Tim Coleman (disambiguation).

Sir Timothy Colman in the robes of a Knight Companion of the Order of the Garter

Sir Timothy James Alan Colman KG (born 19 September 1929) is a British businessman and a previous Lord Lieutenant of Norfolk. He was appointed a Knight of the Order of the Garter in 1996. He is married to Lady Mary Colman (née Bowes-Lyon), niece of the Queen Mother, and lives in Bixley Manor near Norwich.

Sir Timothy is from the Colman's mustard family. He was educated at the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth, and joined the Royal Navy, leaving as a lieutenant in 1953, before commencing a business career. He subsequently joined the Castaways' Club. He was chairman of the Eastern Counties Newspaper Group from 1969 to 1996.

He was also a 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. It held the record for six years until being beaten by the sailboard of Pascal Maka of France.

His children include Sarah Troughton, who was appointed as Lord Lieutenant of Wiltshire in 2012.

Arms of Timothy Colman

Notes Knight since 1996 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 Escutcheon Ermine on a pale indented Or between two crosses fleury Sable a lion rampant Gules armed and langued Azure. Orders The Order of the Garter circlet.

External links

• Crossbow II
• Speed sailing record
• Big boat speed sailing

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 Dicker
Order of precedence in England and Wales
Preceded by Sir Ninian Stephen as a Knight Companion of the Order of the Garter	Gentlemen as a Knight Companion of the Order of the Garter	Succeeded by Sir William Gladstone, Bt as a Knight Companion of the Order of the Garter
Order of precedence in Scotland
Preceded by Sir Ninian Stephen as a Knight Companion of the Order of the Garter	Gentlemen as a Knight Companion of the Order of the Garter	Succeeded by Sir William Gladstone, Bt as a Knight Companion of the Order of the Garter
Order of precedence in Northern Ireland
Preceded by Sir Ninian Stephen as a Knight Companion of the Order of the Garter	Gentlemen as a Knight Companion of the Order of the Garter	Succeeded by Sir William Gladstone, Bt as a Knight Companion of the Order of the Garter