Timothy Colman

Timothy Colman

Sir Timothy James Alan Colman KG (born 19 September 1929) is a British multi-millionaire and a previous Lord Lieutenant of Norfolk [ [http://www.pm.gov.uk/output/Page6096.asp Lord-Lieutenant for Norfolk ] ] . He was appointed a Knight of the Order of the Garter in 1996. [ [http://www.royal.gov.uk/output/page4028.asp Buckingham Palace press releases > New members of the Order of the Garter ] ] 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. [ [http://www.bbc.co.uk/norfolk/news/062001/12/trowse1.shtml BBC Online - Norfolk - News - Trowse 1 ] ]

Sir Timothy is from the Colman's mustard family, and was Chairman of the Eastern Counties Newspaper Group between 1969 and 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]

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. 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=tp93GG1C14Fs6,<|7><|5GRA>e~Z9Aj/cbgQozWJfdaNjWN1Tvsw6Y12yx]

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]

References


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем написать реферат

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Colman — Not to be confused with Coleman Colmán or Colman may refer to: Contents 1 Medieval Irish people 1.1 Saints 2 Surname 3 Other …   Wikipedia

  • Colman — Colomban Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Colomban est un nom propre qui peut désigner : Sommaire 1 Prénom et son origine 1.1 Variantes linguistiques …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Colomban — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Colomban, ou ses variantes linguistiques Coloman, Colomba, Colman, est un nom propre qui peut désigner : Sommaire 1 Prénom et patronyme …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Order of precedence in England and Wales — v · d · e Orders of precedence …   Wikipedia

  • Lord Lieutenant of Norfolk — This is an incomplete list of people who have served as Lord Lieutenant of Norfolk. Since 1689, all Lord Lieutenants have also been Custos Rotulorum of Norfolk.*Thomas Radclyffe, 3rd Earl of Sussex 1557–1559 *Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk… …   Wikipedia

  • Proa — A proa or prau is a type of multihull sailing vessel. While the word proa just means boat in its native language, the term proa in Western languages has come to describe a vessel consisting of two (usually) unequal length parallel hulls, sailed… …   Wikipedia

  • Speed sailing — is the art of sailing a craft as fast as possible over a predetermined route, and having its overall or peak speed recorded and accredited by a regulatory body. The term usually refers to sailing on water, even though sailing on land and ice is… …   Wikipedia

  • Bixley — is a civil parish in the South Norfolk district of Norfolk, England. According to the 2001 census it contained 60 households and a population of 144. [ [http://www.south norfolk.gov.uk/democracy/bixley parish.asp Bixley parish information [South… …   Wikipedia

  • List of current members of the Order of the Garter — The Most Noble Order of the Garter is an English order of chivalry. It is the world s oldest national order of knighthood in continuous existence and the pinnacle of the British honours system. Its membership is extremely limited, consisting of… …   Wikipedia

  • Liste der Ritter des Hosenbandordens — Herzog Ferdinand von Braunschweig Lüneburg in der Robe eines Ritters des Hosenbandordens Diese Seite enthält eine Liste der Ritter des Hosenbandordens (engl. Knights and Ladies of the Garter). Inhaltsverzeichnis …   Deutsch Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
… Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”