Maurice Matthews

Maurice Matthews
Personal information
Born(1880-06-21)21 June 1880
St. Pancras, London, England
Died20 June 1957(1957-06-20) (aged 76)
Bournemouth, England
Sport
SportSports shooting
Medal record
Men's shooting
Representing  United Kingdom
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1908 London Team small-bore rifle
Silver medal – second place 1908 London Moving target

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 to 1936, 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. ^ a b c "Obituary". The Times. 21 June 1957. p. 13.
  2. ^ "Maurice Matthews". Olympedia. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
  3. ^ "Sports Reference: Maurice Matthews". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 19 February 2014.
  4. ^ "No. 28775". The London Gazette. 21 November 1913. p. 8433.
  5. ^ "No. 33606". The London Gazette. 16 May 1930. p. 3072.
  6. ^ "No. 34946". The London Gazette (Supplement). 16 September 1940. p. 5535.
  7. ^ Jackson, W Eric (1965). Achievement. A Short History of the LCC. Longmans. p. 273.
  8. ^ "No. 34184". The London Gazette. 26 July 1935. p. 4846.
  9. ^ "No. 39732". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 December 1952. p. 14.