Arnold Nesbitt Matthews (1767 - 1820)

Born 20 Oct 1767 in Down Ampney, Gloucestershire, England

Husband of Eliza Povoleri — married 20 Nov 1806 in Fatehgarh, Uttar Pradesh, India

Descendants

Died 5 Oct 1820 at age 52 in Chandannagar, West Bengal, India

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Biography

Arnold Nesbitt was baptised on 20 October 1767 in Down Ampney by parents Richard and Ann. ^[1] It should be noted that Richard is described as Mr Richard (every other father on the page just has their name, indicating higher status for Richard). ^[2]

Death

Death:

Date: 5 OCT 1820

Place: Chandernagore (Chandannagar), Bengal, India

Marriage

Husband: Arnold Nesbitt Matthews

Wife: Eliza Povoleri

Marriage:

Date: 20 NOV 1806

Place: St. John’s Old Cathedral, Fatehgarh, Uttar Pradesh, India

Husband: Arnold Nesbitt Matthews

Wife: @I261@

Marriage:

Date: 1784

Place: Glenholm (near Peebles), Scotland

Child: Harriet Matthews

Notes

Arnold Harris Mathew claimed his grandfather had been born in Paris on the 16th February 1765 in the house of the Vicomtesse de Rohan Chabot, who was his mother's sister. However as The Complete Peerage notes, according to a report in Faulkner's Journal, Elissa Mathew gave birth to a daughter on the 2nd August 1765 which meant that it would have been a physical impossibility for her to have given birth to a son six months previously, whilst her sister Elisabeth didn't actually marry Marie-Charles-Rosalie de Rohan-Chabot, Comte de Jarnac until the year 1777, and therefore wasn't living in Paris as a French aristocrat in 1765 when Arnold Harris was supposedly born. Furthermore both Arnold Harris's father and grandfather bore the name of Matthews rather than Mathew, as did Arnold himself, who was actually known as Arnold Harris Ochterlony Matthews until he assumed the name of Arnold Harris Mathew on the 29th May 1894, and it is therefore quite reasonable to conclude that Arnold's claim to the title of Landaff was utterly bogus and without any foundation in fact.

Arnold Harris Mathew sets out his claim in Country Life Illustrated (Vol. V, No. 107 dd. 21 January 1899)^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ Baptism

   Name: Arnold Nesbitt Matthews

   Event Type: Baptism

   Baptism Date: 20 Oct 1767

   Baptism Place: Down Ampney, Gloucestershire, England

   Parish as it Appears: Down Ampney

   Father: Richard Matthews

   Mother: Anne Matthews

   Source Citation

   Gloucestershire Archives; Gloucester, Gloucestershire; Gloucestershire Church of England Parish Registers; Reference Number: P14 in 1/3

   Source Information

   Ancestry.com. Gloucestershire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1813

   Ancestry uk Record 4732 #550778

2. ↑ name of father - Wm. Richd. Matthews "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JM4N-NV8 : 3 February 2023), Arnold Nesbitt Matthews, 1767.
3. ↑ Source: #S72