Nigel Colman
Sir Nigel Claudian Dalziel Colman, 1st Baronet (4 May 1886 – 7 March 1966) was a British businessman and Conservative Party politician.[1][2]
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,
Colman served in the Royal Navy during the First World War later transferring to the Royal Air Force where he left as a captain.[3]
Horses and dogs
Colman was an enthusiastic breeder and exhibitor of harness horses and dogs.
Politics
Politically a Conservative, in 1925 Colman was elected to the
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.[2]
In January 1952 he was created a
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 Grosvenor Square, London home in March 1966.[1][2] He is buried in the churchyard of St John the Evangelist Church in Wotton, Surrey.[6]References
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- ^ a b c d e f g "COLMAN, Sir Nigel Claudian Dalziel". Who Was Who. Oxford University Press. December 2007. Retrieved 9 January 2011.
- ^ "Sir Nigel Colman." Times [London, England] 8 Mar. 1966: 14. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 27 Nov. 2012.
- ^ "LCC Elections". The Times. 6 March 1925. p. 16.
- ^ "No. 39453". The London Gazette. 1 February 1952. p. 642.
- ^ "Sir Nigel Claudian Dalziel Colman (1888-1966) -..." www.findagrave.com.