Herbert Matthews (agriculturalist)
Sir Alfred Herbert Henry Matthews (25 July 1870 – c. 21 July 1958) was an English agriculturalist and politician.[1]
Early life and education[edit]
Matthews was born in Hanborough, Oxfordshire, the son of Alfred Thomas Matthews, a civil servant and journalist, and Elizabeth Townsend.[2] He was educated at College House School, Edmonton.[1]
Career[edit]
Matthews became the Secretary of the Central Chamber of Agriculture in 1901 and continued in this role until 1927.[3] In 1926, Matthews took a reduction in his salary of £120 to ensure that the finances of the Central Chamber remained stable, in return for a decrease in expenditure.[4]
Matthews was President of the Institute of Traffic Administration[5] and also President of the Industrial Transport Association.[6] Matthews was also a President of the Mansion Housing Association and a Chairman of Fraser Trust Ltd.[7] Matthews also sat on the Agricultural Committee of the British Science Guild.[8] In Parliament, Lord Lloyd referenced Sir Herbert, saying "I need not tell your Lordships who Sir Herbert Matthews is or cite the value of his authority to you: it is well known."[9]
He was knighted in 1916.[1]
Personal life[edit]
In 1900, Matthews married Ada Glover Mace (died 1948), daughter of William Glover Mace.[10] Following her death, he married secondly Alma Gordon, widow of Major Clisdal.[1]
Published works[edit]
- Fifty Years of Agricultural Politics: Being the History of the Central Chamber of Agriculture (1915)
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d "Obituary: Sir Herbert Matthews". The Times. 24 July 1958. p. 10.
Sir Herbert Matthews, whose death within four days of his eighty-eighth birthday was briefly reported in The Times yesterday...
- ^ 1891 England Census
- ^ "Chambers of Agriculture and Sir Herbert Matthews". Gloucester Journal. 7 May 1927. Retrieved 20 February 2015.
- ^ "English Chamber's Finances". Aberdeen Journal. 4 November 1926. Retrieved 20 February 2015.
- ^ "Institute of Traffic Administration Advances". Commercial Motor. 28 December 1945. Retrieved 20 February 2015.
- ^ "Britain's six months' grain reserve". The Telegraph. 27 June 1939. Archived from the original on 20 February 2015. Retrieved 20 February 2015.
- ^ "Personal Pars". Commercial Motor. 18 September 1942. Retrieved 20 February 2015.
- ^ Guild, British Science (2013). Annual Report of the Executive Committee, 1917. London: Forgotten Books (Original work published 1917). p. 20.
- ^ Lord Lloyd (30 July 1936). "Shipping". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). United Kingdom: House of Lords. col. 415.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Walford, Edward (1919). The county families of the United Kingdom; or, Royal manual of the titled and untitled aristocracy of England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland. p. 246.