Maurice Matthews | |
|---|---|
| Personal details | |
| Born |
21 June 1880 St. Pancras, London, England |
| Died |
20 June 1957 (aged 76) Bournemouth, England |
Colonel Maurice Kershaw Matthews OBE, TD, DL (21 June 1880 – 20 June 1957) was a British army officer, businessman, and local politician.[1] He was also a sport shooter, who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics.[2]
In the 1908 Olympics he won a gold medal in the team small-bore rifle event, silver in the moving target small-bore rifle event, was fourth in the stationary target small-bore rifle event and 9th in the disappearing target small-bore rifle event.[3]
Matthews went into business as a valuer, rating assessor and estate agent, based in Tottenham Court Road.[4]
He held a commission as an officer in the Territorial Force and later Territorial Army, reaching the rank of lieutenant-colonel in the 1st City of London Regiment. He was awarded the Territorial Decoration in 1930.[5] He was subsequently granted the brevet rank of colonel in the Royal Fusiliers, retiring in 1940.[6]
From 1931-36 he sat on the London County Council, representing St Pancras South West as a member of the Conservative-backed Municipal Reform Party.[7]
In 1935 he was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant of the County of London.[8]
Matthews was sometime chairman and vice-president of the London Trustees Savings Bank, and in 1955 became vice-president of the Trustees Savings Banks Association.[1] He was awarded the OBE in the 1953 New Year's Honours.[9]
He died in Bournemouth in 1957, aged 77.[1]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Obituary". 21 June 1957. p. 13.
- ↑ "Maurice Matthews". Olympedia. https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/42369.
- ↑ "Sports Reference: Maurice Matthews". Sports Reference. https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ma/maurice-matthews-1.html. Retrieved 2014-02-19.
- ↑ "No. 28775". 21 November 1913. p. 8433. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/28775/page/8433
- ↑ "No. 33606". 16 May 1930. p. 3072. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/33606/page/3072
- ↑ "No. 34946". 16 September 1940. p. 5535. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/34946/supplement/5535
- ↑ Jackson, W Eric (1965). Achievement. A Short History of the LCC.. Longmans. p. 273.
- ↑ "No. 34184". 26 July 1935. p. 4846. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/34184/page/4846
- ↑ "No. 39732". 30 December 1952. p. 14. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/39732/supplement/14
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