Sir Nigel Claudian Dalziel Colman, 1st Baronet (4 May 1886 – 7 March 1966) was a

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businessman and

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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,

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, London. His father was a prominent industrialist and chairman of J and J Colman, and Nigel later became a director of

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. Colman served in the Royal Navy during the First World War later transferring to the Royal Air Force where he left as a

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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

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from 1952 –1955. The latter society awarded him its medal of honour in 1953. He was also a committee member of the Kennel Club.

Politics

Politically a Conservative, in 1925 Colman was elected to the

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representing

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as a member of the majority Conservative-backed

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. Two years later his uncle, Sir Davison Dalziel, Conservative MP for

was raised to the peerage. This created a vacancy, and Colman was elected to the

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in the ensuing by-election. He was re-elected on three occasions, before losing to

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of the Labour Party, when that party won a

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at the 1945 general election.

Life after parliament

Although no longer a member of parliament, Colman continued to be active in the Conservative Party. He served as chairman of the Executive Committee of the National Union of Conservative and Unionist Associations from 1945 – 1951 and president of the London Conservative Union 1952 – 1959. In January 1952 he was created a

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"of

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in the County of

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" for political and public services. On 30 July of the same year he married Nona Ann Willan. The couple had no children, and the baronetcy became extinct on his death at his

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home in March 1966. He is buried in the churchyard of St John the Evangelist Church in

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Colman, Nigel 1886 births 1966 deaths

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