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COLMAN, GEORGE, only son of George Colman (adm. 1741, qv); b. 21 Oct 1762; adm. 30 Jun 1772; saved from drowning, whilst bathing in the Thames opposite Dicky Roberts’s boat house, by his schoolfellow George Cranstoun (qv); Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 28 Jan 1780; King’s Coll. Aberdeen, 1781-3; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 9 Aug 1784; Manager, Haymarket Theatre, 1789-1813; Lieut., Yeomen of the Guard, 13 May 1820- Sep 1831 (check); Examiner of Plays, Lord Chamberlain’s Office, from 19 Jan 1824; author, Broad Grins, 1802, Random Records, 1830, and of the plays The Iron Chest, 1796, The Heir at Law, 1797, and John Bull, 1803; his Random Records contains interesting reminiscences of his schooldays and schoolfellows; m. at Gretna Green 3 Oct 1784 (and at Chelsea Parish Church 10 Nov 1788) Catherine Morris, actress, St. Luke’s, Chelsea; d. 17 Oct 1836. DNB.
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International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition
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Users should note that the information recorded here that is not to be found in the first two volumes of the Record of Old Westminsters and its first Supplement has been assembled from various published and manuscript sources by Hugh Edmund Pagan MA FSA, and all new resulting text is his copyright, © 2014.
The Record of Old Westminsters: A biographical list of all those who are known to have been educated at Westminster School from the earliest times to 1927, Volumes 1 & 2, compiled by G. F. Russell Barker and Alan H. Stenning, London, 1928.