Albert Matthews (other)
Albert Edward Matthews (1873–1949) was Lieutenant Governor of Ontario. Albert Matthews may also refer to: * Albert Matthews (cricketer), Scottish cricketer * Bruce Matthews (general) (Albert Bruce Matthews, 1909–1991) * Edward Matthews (Australian soldier) (Albert Edward Matthews, 1896–1997) See also * Paul Siogvolk (1820–1903), real name Albert Mathews, American author, lawyer and editor * A. G. Mathews (Albert G. Mathews, 1872–1958), Democratic president of the West Virginia Senate * Al Matthews (other) Al Matthews or Al Mathews may refer to: * Al Matthews (actor) (1942-2018), British-based U.S. actor * Al Matthews (American football) (born 1947) *Al Matthews, political candidate for Northumberland (Ontario electoral district) *Al Mathews, invest ...

Albert Edward Matthews
Albert Edward Matthews (May 17, 1873 – December 16, 1949) was the 16th Lieutenant Governor of Ontario. Matthews was born in Lindsay, Ontario. He worked as an investment broker in Toronto and rose to the position of director of various companies. Matthews served as Ontario's 16th Lieutenant Governor of Ontario from 1937 to 1946. He took office during the Great Depression while Mitchell Hepburn was Premier of Ontario. Hepburn had come to office promising to show austerity by curtailing the perks and privileges of, among others, the lieutenant-governor. Chorley Park, the grand official residence of the lieutenant-governor since 1915, was closed in the first year of Matthews' term and its contents auctioned off leaving him with a suite in the legislative buildings for official functions. As a result, Matthews did less official entertaining during his term in office at Queen's Park quarters than anticipated. He instead hosted royalty and other dignitaries at his Toronto esta ...
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Albert Matthews (cricketer)
Albert John Matthews (born 29 April 1944 in Inverness) is a Scottish former cricketer active from 1965 to 1968 who played for Leicestershire. He appeared in sixteen first-class matches as a righthanded batsman who bowled off breaks. He scored 167 runs with a highest score of 32 and took 24 wicket In cricket, the term wicket has several meanings: * It is one of the two sets of three stumps and two bails at either end of the pitch. The fielding team's players can hit the wicket with the ball in a number of ways to get a batsman out. ...s with a best performance of four for 87. References 1944 births Scottish cricketers Leicestershire cricketers Living people Cricketers from Inverness 20th-century Scottish sportsmen {{scotland-cricket-bio-stub ...
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Bruce Matthews (general)
Major General Albert Bruce Matthews (August 12, 1909 – September 12, 1991) was a senior Canadian Army officer and businessman in the 1930s. He rose to be the General Officer Commanding (GOC) 2nd Canadian Infantry Division during the Second World War, after campaigns in Sicily and Italy. He became noted for his personal bravery and the accuracy and reliability of the artillery under his command. Post-war, his business career continued. In addition, he was active in the Canadian Liberal Party. Early life Born 1909, his father, Albert Edward Matthews, was a prominent stockbroker with Liberal connections who became Lieutenant-Governor of Ontario in 1937. Bruce Matthews was educated at Upper Canada College in Toronto, later serving as President of its Board of Governors, and at University of Geneva. He then joined the family firm. Matthews married Victoria Thorne in 1937; the couple had one child before the outbreak of war and, after Victoria had visited Matthews in Britain in summ ...
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Edward Matthews (Australian Soldier)
Albert Edward Matthews (11 November 1896 – 9 December 1997) was an Australian soldier and, at his death, the last living veteran of the Gallipoli landing from the First World War. Early life Matthews was born in Leichhardt, an inner city suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, on 11 November 1896. A carpenter by trade, he was only 17 years of age when he enlisted to serve as an infantryman in the First World War. He became a signaler in the Australian 1st Infantry Brigade. First World War Matthews took part in the first Anzac landing at Gallipoli on 25 April 1915 at what is now known as Anzac Cove. Early in the landing, Matthews was hit in the chest by a shrapnel shard. A thick pocket-book—a present from his mother—saved his life. After the Gallipoli, Matthews went on to fight on the Western Front, where he took part in the Battle of Villers-Bretonneux. On his 22nd birthday, the same day as the cessation of hostilities on 11 November 1918, he was on a ship in the Indian ...
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Paul Siogvolk
Paul Siegvolk (real name Albert Mathews) (September 8, 1820 – September 9, 1903) was an American author, lawyer and editor. He was also the step-father of Alice Claypoole Vanderbilt. Life Mathews was born in New York City on September 8, 1820. He was the son of Oliver Mathews (1794–1881) and Mary (née Field) Mathews (1796–1866). His father's family in the United States originated with Annanias Mathews, his great-grandfather, who came from England in the 17th century. His mother's side was descended from Robert Field, a Quaker who also came from England and settled in Flushing, which was then considered Long Island, in 1645. He graduated from Yale in 1842, where he was co-editor and contributor to the Yale Literary Magazine. He studied law at Harvard in 1832 and 1843. Career Mathews was admitted to the New York Bar in 1845 and practiced law in New York City for forty five years. He was a contributor to ''The Knickerbocker'' from 1852-8. He also wrote for the New ...
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