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Sir Michael Colman, 3rd Baronet
Sir Michael Jeremiah Colman, 3rd Baronet (7 July 1928 – 26 December 2023) was a British businessman. He served as director of Reckitt & Colman plc, the Church of England's First Church Estates Commissioner and founder of Summerdown, a commercial peppermint farm in Hampshire. Early life and education Michael Jeremiah Colman was born on 7 July 1928 to Jeremiah Colman (later 2nd baronet, of Gatton Park; 1886–1961) and Edith Gwendolen Tritton (1902–1980), scion of the Tritton baronets. He was the grandson of Sir Jeremiah Colman, 1st Bt, and a descendant of Jeremiah Colman, founder of Colman's. Colman was educated at Eton College. He served his national service in the Royal Marines and the Army, gaining the rank of Captain in the Queen's Own Yorkshire Yeomanry. In 1961, he inherited the Colman baronetcy from his father. Career Colman began his business career in his family's condiment company, J. & J. Colman, working in the international division. He became director Rec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blazon Of Colman Baronets Of Gatton Park (1907)
In heraldry and heraldic vexillology, a blazon is a formal description of a coat of arms, flag or similar emblem, from which the reader can reconstruct the appropriate image. The verb ''to blazon'' means to create such a description. The visual depiction of a coat of arms or flag has traditionally had considerable latitude in design, but a verbal blazon specifies the essentially distinctive elements. A coat of arms or flag is therefore primarily defined not by a picture but rather by the wording of its blazon (though in modern usage flags are often additionally and more precisely defined using geometrical specifications). ''Blazon'' is also the specialized language in which a blazon is written, and, as a verb, the act of writing such a description. ''Blazonry'' is the art, craft or practice of creating a blazon. The language employed in ''blazonry'' has its own vocabulary, grammar and syntax, which becomes essential for comprehension when blazoning a complex coat of arms. Other ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |