Brian Matthews (priest)

Brian Benjamin Matthews OBE[1] (1914–1997)[2] was Archdeacon of the Riviera from 1977 to 1982.

Matthews was educated at Hertford College, Oxford and ordained in 1938. After a curacy in Aldershot he was a Chaplain in the RNVR[3] from 1941 to 1946. After another curacy at Tewkesbury Abbey he was Chaplain at Denstone College from 1948 to 1958. He then served at Monte Carlo, Gibraltar and Valletta.[4]

Notes

1. London Gazette
2. "Oxford University Gazette, obituaries". Archived from the original on 27 February 2018. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
3. NLS
4. Crockford's Clerical Directory 1980-1982 p671 Oxford, OUP, 1983 ISBN 0-19-200010-1