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[[File:Sir Jeremiah Colman.png|thumb|Sir Jeremiah Colman, 1st Baronet, chairman of J & J Colman Limited]] |
[[File:Sir Jeremiah Colman.png|thumb|Sir Jeremiah Colman, 1st Baronet, chairman of J & J Colman Limited]] |
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'''Sir Jeremiah Colman, 1st Baronet''' (24 April 1859 - 16 January 1942) was an industrialist who developed [[Colman's|Colman's Mustard]] into an international concern. |
'''Sir Jeremiah Colman, 1st Baronet''', [[Deputy Lieutenant|DL]] (24 April 1859 - 16 January 1942) was an industrialist who developed [[Colman's|Colman's Mustard]] into an international concern. |
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==Career== |
==Career== |
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Colman was the son of Jeremiah Colman (1807 - 1885) and Isabella Button.<ref name= |
Colman was the son of Jeremiah Colman (1807 - 1885) and Isabella Button.<ref name=mosley>Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003</ref> Educated at [[King's College School]] and [[St. John's College, Cambridge]],<ref>{{acad|id=CLMN878J|name=Colman, Jeremiah}}</ref> Colman joined the [[Colman's|J & J Colman]] [[Mustard (condiment)|mustard]] business and then served as its [[Chairman]] from 1896.<ref name=cambridge>[http://www.bioc.cam.ac.uk/library/history.html Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge]</ref> He was also Chairman of [[Commercial Union]].<ref name=cambridge/> |
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He served as [[High Sheriff of Surrey]] from 1893 to 1894 and also became Lieutenant of the City of London.<ref name= |
He served as [[High Sheriff of Surrey]] from 1893 to 1894 and also became Lieutenant of the City of London.<ref name=mosley/> He was created a [[baronet]] in 1907.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=28084 |date=29 November 1907 |page=8331}}</ref> |
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==Personal life== |
==Personal life== |
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In 1885, he married Mary McMaster of [[Mitcham]], Surrey. |
In 1885, he married Mary McMaster of [[Mitcham]], Surrey.<ref>{{cite web|title=Sitter: Lady Mary Colman, née McMaster (d. 1954).|url=http://lafayette.org.uk/col5610.html|publisher=Lafayette Negative Archive}}</ref> They had one son, also Jeremiah, who succeeded his father in 1942. |
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In 1888 he purchased [[Gatton Park]], a country estate in [[Surrey]].<ref>[http://www.gattonparkarchive.org.uk/archive.html Gatton Park archive]</ref> At Gatton Park he amassed one of the largest collections of [[orchid]]s in the country.<ref name=cambridge/> He commissioned [[Henry Ernest Milner]] to design the [[parterre]].<ref name=Gatton> |
In 1888 he purchased [[Gatton Park]], a country estate in [[Surrey]].<ref>[http://www.gattonparkarchive.org.uk/archive.html Gatton Park archive]</ref> At Gatton Park he amassed one of the largest collections of [[orchid]]s in the country.<ref name=cambridge/> He commissioned [[Henry Ernest Milner]] to design the [[parterre]].<ref name=Gatton> |
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{{cite web |title=The Park & Gardens, the Parterre |url=http://www.gattonpark.com/parkandgardens.html |publisher=Gatton Trust |accessdate=11 April 2015 |archiveurl=http://www. |
{{cite web |title=The Park & Gardens, the Parterre |url=http://www.gattonpark.com/parkandgardens.html |publisher=Gatton Trust |accessdate=11 April 2015 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150411191909/http://www.gattonpark.com/parkandgardens.html |archivedate=11 April 2015 |url-status=live |mode=cs2 }} |
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He also funded the ''Colman Library'' at the Department of Biochemistry at [[Cambridge University]].<ref name=cambridge/> |
He also funded the ''Colman Library'' at the Department of Biochemistry at [[Cambridge University]].<ref name=cambridge/> |
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In 1936 he was the recipient of the Silver Fish Award, presented by the founder of Scouting, [[Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell|Lord Baden-Powell]], for "making possible" the extension to London's East End Scouting home, Roland House.<ref>{{cite news |date=1936-11-23 |work=Daily Herald |author=<!--Not stated--> |title=Rest of the news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/789126243/?terms=%22silver%20fish%20award%22&match=1 |page=11 |location=London, England}}</ref> |
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Colman's brother in law was the lawyer [[Charles Tyrrell Giles]].<ref>Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage, 107th edition, vol. 1, Burke's Peerage Ltd, 2003, p. 859</ref> |
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==References== |
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Sir Jeremiah Colman, 1st Baronet, DL (24 April 1859 - 16 January 1942) was an industrialist who developed Colman's Mustard into an international concern.
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.[4]
In 1885, he married Mary McMaster of Mitcham, Surrey.[5] They had one son, also Jeremiah, who succeeded his father in 1942.
In 1888 he purchased Gatton Park, a country estate in Surrey.[6] 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.[7]
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]
In 1936 he was the recipient of the Silver Fish Award, presented by the founder of Scouting, Lord Baden-Powell, for "making possible" the extension to London's East End Scouting home, Roland House.[8]
Colman's brother in law was the lawyer Charles Tyrrell Giles.[9]
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