He was a popular philanthropist in his home town of Norwich and a Liberal politician who represented the city in parliament.
The Carrow site had been bought from the Norwich Railway Company in 1850 and it was well served by road, rail and river transport.
He also made it for Napoleon III of France, the Prince of Wales and Victor Emmanuel II of Italy.
[2] His large collection of historical documents about the city was given to the library by his great-grandson and his paintings went to the Norwich Castle Museum In 1856 he married Caroline Cozens-Hardy, the eldest daughter of William Hardy and Sarah Cozens of Letheringsett Hall, who changed their surnames by royal licence in 1842 to Cozens-Hardy.
They had six children: Laura (who married the academic and MP James Stuart), Russell, Ethel (who was the first woman to be Lord Mayor of Norwich), Helen, Alan and Florence (who married the architect Edward Boardman, son of the architect Edward Boardman).
[3] After her elder son Russell James Colman recovered from a serious childhood illness in 1863, Caroline became closely associated with the work of the Jenny Lind Hospital for children.
After Caroline died in 1895 Jeremiah James Colman gave a new site for the hospital on the outskirts of the city in her memory.
[2] When he was asked how he had made a fortune out of such a humble product, he replied "I make my money from the mustard that people throw away on the sides of their plate".