George Green Mathews Jr. (January 29, 1855 - March 1944) was an American diplomat and politician.
His father, a great-grandson of general George Mathews, removed his young family from Georgia to South America following the American Civil War when George Jr. was an adolescent and spent 23 years in Brazil before returning to the United States in 1881.
Having spent most of his early life there, George Jr. was fluent in Portuguese and familiar with Brazilian customs.
[2][3] On his return to the United States he settled in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and translated his knowledge of the paper industry into private business success, publishing several local newspapers before founding the Fort Lauderdale "Sentinel" in 1910.
[1] He played a prominent part in the political life of Fort Lauderdale, serving as a Florida State Representative for the city and serving on its City Council when that body was formed in 1912.