MATHEWS, Wilkinson (eld. son of John Mathews of Stokesley in Cleveland, Yorkshire, solicitor). b. Whitby 9 March 1784; ed. at Barnard Castle, Hadleigh, Suffolk, and Trin. coll. Camb.; B.A. 1805, M.A. 1808; fellow of his coll. 1806–15; barrister L.I. 23 May 1810, bencher 1841 to death, treasurer 1859; Q.C. Jany. 1842; one of Charity commissioners 1818–30 when he retired, d. 64 Brook st. Grosvenor square, London 12 May 1866. bur. Leyland, Lancs. Law Times xci 536 (1866).
MATHIAS, George (son of James Vincent Mathias, captain 62 foot). b. 1797; ensign 1 foot 19 Aug. 1813, lieut. 22 Sep. 1814, placed on h.p. 25 March 1817; lieut. 1 foot 23 July 1818, placed on h.p. 19 Nov. 1825; was shipwrecked 3 times; captain 79 foot 8 June 1826, sold out 10 Oct. 1834; studied at St. John’s coll. Camb., B.A. 1838, M.A. 1841; chaplain to royal hospital, Chelsea 1845–69; chaplain in ord. to the Queen 19 Nov. 1857 to death. d. St. Leonards on Sea 10 March 1884.
MATRAVERS, John. One of H.M.’s Band of Gentlemen pensioners; purchased Lundy Island off the coast of North Devon in 1830 from Sir Aubrey de Vere Hunt for £4500 and sold it to Wm. Heaven of Bristol; F.S.A. d. London 30 Nov. 1851.
MATSON, Edward. Second lieut. R.E. 7 May 1810; deputy adjutant general to R.E. 15 June 1846 to 10 Sep. 1856; col. R.E. 20 June 1854 to 10 Sep. 1856 when he retired on full pay with rank of M.G. d. 130 Norfolk crescent, Hyde park, London 3 Sep. 1873.
MATTEI, Antonio. Captain royal Malta fencible regiment 11 April 1845, lieut.-col. 12 Nov. 1858, retired with hon. rank of M.G. 5 Sep. 1877; C.M.G. 1 May 1877. d. at his residence Sliema, Malta 17 Sep. 1888 aged 84.
MATTHEW, Walter Edmund (3 son of David Matthew of City of London, merchant). b. 25 Feb. 1848; ed. at Merchant Taylors’ and St. John’s coll. Oxf., Casberd scholar 1869, Denyer and Johnson theol. scholar 1871; B.A. 1870, M.A. 1873; C. of Ch. Ch. Albany st. London 1871–5; colonial chaplain at Kandy, Colombo 1875; archdeacon of Colombo 1875 to death. d. 19 Feb. 1889.
MATTHEWS, Charles Peter. Member of firm of Ind, Coope & Co. brewers; an original member of Burlington fine arts club, London 1867; formed an important collection of modern English paintings, including 6 works by Sir F. Leighton, 4 by Sir J. Millais, 13 by J. C. Hook, 7 by J. F. Lewis, and Holman Hunt’s Finding of the Saviour in the Temple. d. 18 Feb. 1891.
Note.—His collection of 125 pictures sold at Christie’s 6 June 1891 for £57,858 12s., being much less than he gave for the pictures. Times 8 June 1891 p. 12.
MATTHEWS, Emilia (dau. of Mr. Apjohn, bandmaster of a regiment). b. 1807; first appeared on the stage at Plymouth; first appeared in London at Adelphi theatre 29 Nov. 1829 as Kitty Sligo in Buckstone’s burlesque Billy Taylor; played at City theatre, Milton st. Cripplegate, Easter 1831 to 1833; played at Lyceum, May 1833 and at St. James’s 1839; acted Mrs. Mopus in Married for money 10 Oct. 1855, Cora in Collins’s burlesque Pizarro 23 Sep. 1856, Lady Harbottle in The Love Knot 8 March 1858, all at Drury Lane; played Mrs. Harrington in London Pride at St. James’s 9 Nov. 1859, Mrs. Meanly in Friends or Foes at St. James’s 8 March 1862, Mrs. Mildmay in The merry widow 31 Jany. 1863, Mrs. Colonel Carver in Woodcock’s Little Game 6 Oct. 1864, Mrs. Candour in School for scandal 16 Dec. 1865, Widow Rachet in Belle’s Stratagem 8 Oct. 1866, Mrs. Bolton Jones in Hunted Down 5 Nov. 1866, Madame Paravent in Idalia 25 April 1867, all at St. James’s theatre; last appeared at New Queen’s theatre as Mrs. Danby in Burnand’s The turn of the tide 29 May 1869; m. Frank Matthews 1807–71. d. Brompton, London 27 Aug. 1873, portrait in picture entitled Reading a new piece in the Adelphi green room, exhibited at Royal Academy 1851. Era 31 Aug. 1873 p. 12, 7 Sep. p. 11.
MATTHEWS, Frank. b. Store st. Bedford sq. London 1807; first appeared on the stage at Cheltenham; first appeared in London at English opera house as Farmer Waldeck in The bottle imp 1 July 1829; played at Covent Garden and Olympic; played Brownlow in Oliver Twist at Adelphi, March 1839; acted at Lyceum theatre April 1844 as Pecksniff in Martin Chuzzlewhit, which ran 80 nights; played Crepin in The wonderful woman at Princess’s 27 Oct. 1855, Squire Russet in Jealous Wife at Princess’s 18 Dec. 1858; played in The dark cloud 2 Jany. 1863, Decimus Dockett in The merry widow 31 Jany. 1863, Luke Marks in Lady Audley’s Secret 28 Feb. 1863, Joachim in Sybilla 29 Oct. 1864, Mr. Babblebrook in A lesson in love 22 Dec. 1864, Major Lennard in Eleanor’s Victory 29 May 1865, Sir Peter Teazle in School for scandal 16 Dec. 1865, Hardy in Belle’s Stratagem 8 Oct. 1866, Dulcamara in Gilbert’s burlesque Dulcamara 29 Dec. 1866, all at St. James’s theatre; played Mr. Danby in The turn of the tide at Queen’s theatre 29 May 1869 and Jaspar Gregg in Morden Grange at same house 4 Dec. 1869; played Mr. Scantlebury in Gilbert’s Randall’s Thumb at Court theatre 25 Jany. 1871; got his knee crushed in a carriage accident returning from Epsom races June 1840 and was lame for life. d. 7 Linden grove, Bayswater, London 24 July 1871. bur. Brompton cemet. 29 July. Planché’s Extravaganzas, iv 87 (1879), portrait; Era 30 July 1871 p. 11 col. 4.