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Nigel Colman
Sir Nigel Claudian Dalziel Colman, 1st Baronet (4 May 1886 – 7 March 1966) was a British businessman and Conservative Party politician. Early life The second son of Frederick Edward Colman and his wife, Helen, eldest daughter of Davison Octavius Dalziel, he was born at Carlyle House, Chelsea Embankment, London. His father was a prominent industrialist and chairman of J and J Colman, and Nigel later became a director of Reckitt and Colman. Colman served in the Royal Navy during the First World War later transferring to the Royal Air Force where he left as a captain."Sir Nigel Colman." Times ondon, England8 Mar. 1966: 14. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 27 Nov. 2012. Horses and dogs Colman was an enthusiastic breeder and exhibitor of harness horses and dogs. He was president of the National Horse Association of Great Britain from 1939–1945; and of the Hackney Horse Society in 1923 and 1938, and chairman of the British Horse Society from 1952 –1955. The latter society awarded ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British People
British people or Britons, also known colloquially as Brits, are the citizens of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the British Overseas Territories, and the Crown dependencies.: British nationality law governs modern British citizenship and nationality, which can be acquired, for instance, by descent from British nationals. When used in a historical context, "British" or "Britons" can refer to the Ancient Britons, the indigenous inhabitants of Great Britain and Brittany, whose surviving members are the modern Welsh people, Cornish people, and Bretons. It also refers to citizens of the former British Empire, who settled in the country prior to 1973, and hold neither UK citizenship nor nationality. Though early assertions of being British date from the Late Middle Ages, the Union of the Crowns in 1603 and the creation of the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707 triggered a sense of British national identity.. The notion of Britishness and a shared Brit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Labour Party (UK)
The Labour Party is a political party in the United Kingdom that has been described as an alliance of social democrats, democratic socialists and trade unionists. The Labour Party sits on the centre-left of the political spectrum. In all general elections since 1922, Labour has been either the governing party or the Official Opposition. There have been six Labour prime ministers and thirteen Labour ministries. The party holds the annual Labour Party Conference, at which party policy is formulated. The party was founded in 1900, having grown out of the trade union movement and socialist parties of the 19th century. It overtook the Liberal Party to become the main opposition to the Conservative Party in the early 1920s, forming two minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in the 1920s and early 1930s. Labour served in the wartime coalition of 1940–1945, after which Clement Attlee's Labour government established the National Health Service and expanded the welfa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colman Family
Colmán or Colman is both a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include: Medieval Irish people * Colmán Bec (died ''c''. 585), Irish dynast * Colmán mac Cobthaig (died ''c''. 622), Irish king * Colmán mac Lénéni (died ''c''. 606), Irish poet * Colmán Már (died ''c''. 557), Irish dynast * Colmán Rímid (died ''c''. 612), Irish king * Colman nepos Cracavist (''fl. c.'' 800), Hiberno-Latin poet Saints * Colman of Templeshambo (d. 595), Abbot of Templeshambo *Colmán Elo (d. 611) of the moccu Béognae *Colman of Cloyne, 6th-century Bishop of Cloyne *Colman of Dromore, 6th-century Bishop of Dromore *Colman of Kilmacduagh, 7th-century Bishop of Kilmacduagh *Colmán of Kilroot, contemporary of St. Ailbe *Colmán of Lindisfarne (d. 676), bishop of Lindisfarne *Colmán of Lann, patron saint of Lann * St. Colman (martyr) (7th century), companion of St Kilian and St Totnan *Coloman of Stockerau (Colmán) (d. 1012), Irish pilgrim martyred in Austria * Columbanus (d. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1966 Deaths
Events January * January 1 – In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa takes over as military ruler of the Central African Republic, ousting President David Dacko. * January 3 – 1966 Upper Voltan coup d'état: President Maurice Yaméogo is deposed by a military coup in the Republic of Upper Volta (modern-day Burkina Faso). * January 10 ** Pakistani–Indian peace negotiations end successfully with the signing of the Tashkent Declaration, a day before the sudden death of Indian prime minister Lal Bahadur Shastri. ** Georgia House of Representatives, The House of Representatives of the US state of Georgia refuses to allow African-American representative Julian Bond to take his seat, because of his anti-war stance. ** A Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conference convenes in Lagos, Nigeria, primarily to discuss Rhodesia. * January 12 – United States President Lyndon Johnson states that the United States should stay in South Vietnam until Communism, Communist aggression there is e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1886 Births
Events January–March * January 1 – Upper Burma is formally annexed to British Burma, following its conquest in the Third Anglo-Burmese War of November 1885. * January 5– 9 – Robert Louis Stevenson's novella ''Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde'' is published in New York and London. * January 16 – A resolution is passed in the German Parliament to condemn the Prussian deportations, the politically motivated mass expulsion of ethnic Poles and Jews from Prussia, initiated by Otto von Bismarck. * January 18 – Modern field hockey is born with the formation of The Hockey Association in England. * January 29 – Karl Benz patents the first successful gasoline-driven automobile, the Benz Patent-Motorwagen (built in 1885). * February 6– 9 – Seattle riot of 1886: Anti-Chinese sentiments result in riots in Seattle, Washington. * February 8 – The West End Riots following a popular meeting in Trafalgar Square, London. * F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colman Baronets
There have been two baronetcies created for persons with the surname Colman, both in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. The Colman Baronetcy, of Gatton Park in the parish of Gatton, Surrey, Gatton in the County of Surrey, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 26 November 1907 for Jeremiah Colman. He was Chairman of J. & J. Colman, J. & J. Colman Ltd, mustard, cornflour and starch manufacturers, of Norwich and London, and also served as a Lord Lieutenant of the City of London, Lieutenant of the City of London. The Colman Baronetcy, of Reigate in the County of Surrey, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 29 January 1952 for Nigel Colman, Conservative Party (UK), Conservative Member of Parliament for Brixton (UK Parliament constituency), Brixton from 1927 to 1945. The title became extinct on his death in 1966. Colman baronets, of Gatton Park (1907) *Sir Jeremiah Colman, 1st Baronet (1859–1942) *Sir Jeremiah Colman, 2nd Baronet (1886–1961) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
