Sir Jeremiah Colman, 1st Baronet

Sir Jeremiah Colman, 1st Baronet, DL (24 April 1859 – 16 January 1942) was a British industrialist who developed Colman's Mustard into an international concern.

Career Colman was the son of Jeremiah Colman (1807–1885) and Isabella Button. Educated at King's College School and St. John's College, Cambridge, Colman joined the J & J Colman mustard business and then served as its Chairman from 1896. He was also Chairman of Commercial Union.

Personal life In 1885, he married Mary McMaster of Mitcham, Surrey. They had one son, also Jeremiah, who succeeded his father in 1942.

In 1888 he purchased Gatton Park, a country estate in Surrey. At Gatton Park he amassed one of the largest collections of orchids in the country.

He was also keen on cricket and from 1916 to 1923 he was President of Surrey County Cricket Club.

Colman's brother in law was the lawyer Charles Tyrrell Giles.