Sir Jeremiah Colman, 1st Baronet
Sir Jeremiah Colman, 1st Baronet (24 April 1859 - 16 January 1942) was an industrialist who developed Colman's Mustard into an international concern.
Career
Colman was the son of Jeremiah Colman (1807 - 1885) and Isabella Button.[1] Educated at King's College School and St. John's College, Cambridge,[2] Colman joined the J & J Colman mustard business and then served as its Chairman from 1896.[3] He was also Chairman of Commercial Union.[3]
He served as High Sheriff of Surrey from 1893 to 1894 and also became Lieutenant of the City of London.[1] He was created a baronet in 1907.[1]
Personal life
In 1885, he married Mary McMaster of Mitcham, Surrey. [4] They had one son, also Jeremiah, who succeeded his father in 1942.
In 1888 he purchased Gatton Park, a country estate in Surrey.[5] At Gatton Park he amassed one of the largest collections of orchids in the country.[3] He commissioned Henry Ernest Milner to design the parterre.[6]
He was also keen on cricket and from 1916 to 1923 he was President of Surrey County Cricket Club.[3]
He also funded the Colman Library at the Department of Biochemistry at Cambridge University.[3]
References
<templatestyles src="Reflist/styles.css" />
Cite error: Invalid <references>
tag; parameter "group" is allowed only.
<references />
, or <references group="..." />
Baronetage of the United Kingdom | ||
---|---|---|
Preceded by
New creation
|
Baronet (of Gatton Park) 1907–1942 |
Succeeded by Jeremiah Colman |
<templatestyles src="Asbox/styles.css"></templatestyles>
<templatestyles src="Asbox/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Peerage.com
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Gatton Park archive
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- Pages with reference errors
- Pages with broken file links
- 1859 births
- 1942 deaths
- People educated at King's College School, Wimbledon
- Alumni of St John's College, Cambridge
- British businesspeople
- Baronets in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom
- High Sheriffs of Surrey
- British business biography stubs
- Baronet stubs