Maurice Matthews
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Colonel Maurice Kershaw Matthews OBE, TD, DL (21 June 1880 – 20 June 1957) was a
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
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
Matthews was sometime chairman and vice-president of the
He died in Bournemouth in 1957, aged 77.[1]
References
- ^ a b c "Obituary". The Times. 21 June 1957. p. 13.
- ^ "Maurice Matthews". Olympedia. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
- ^ "Sports Reference: Maurice Matthews". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 19 February 2014.
- ^ "No. 28775". The London Gazette. 21 November 1913. p. 8433.
- ^ "No. 33606". The London Gazette. 16 May 1930. p. 3072.
- ^ "No. 34946". The London Gazette (Supplement). 16 September 1940. p. 5535.
- Longmans. p. 273.
- ^ "No. 34184". The London Gazette. 26 July 1935. p. 4846.
- ^ "No. 39732". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 December 1952. p. 14.