Herbert Matthews (agriculturalist)

[1] Matthews was born in Hanborough, Oxfordshire, the son of Alfred Thomas Matthews, a civil servant and journalist, and Elizabeth Townsend.

[1] Matthews became the Secretary of the Central Chamber of Agriculture in 1901 and continued in this role until 1927.

[3] In 1926, Matthews took a reduction in his salary of £120 to ensure that the finances of the Central Chamber remained stable, in return for a decrease in expenditure.

[6] Matthews was also a President of the Mansion Housing Association and a Chairman of Fraser Trust Ltd.[7] Matthews also sat on the Agricultural Committee of the British Science Guild.

[10] Following her death, he married secondly Alma Gordon, widow of Major Clisdal.