Maurice Matthews

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]

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

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. "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.
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