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Authorised form of nameMathew; William (- 1752)
Dates - 1752
NationalityBritish
Place of deathAntigua, West Indies
Date of death30 September 1752
ActivityCareer:
Ensign in the Coldstream Guards (1702), Lieutenant and Captain (1705); Quarter Master (1710); Lieutenant-Governor of Nevis and of St Kitts (1715); Lieutenant-General of the Leeward Islands; Governor of Antigua
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election10/03/1720
RelationshipsSon of Sir William Mathew, Governor of the Leeward Islands
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; Dalton; Dalton George I
Obituaries:
Gentleman's Magazine (1752), p478
Notes:
On PL for 1751 and not after. A Governor Mathews of Antigua died 30 Sep 1752 (vide GM 1752 p 478), so this may have been the FRS.
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