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Lieutenant General Montague James Mathew (18 August 1773 – 19 March 1819) was an Anglo-Irish soldier and politician, a member of the Irish House of Commons for Ballynakill until 1800 and of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom for County Tipperary from 1806 until his death in 1819. In politics, he was both a Whig and a supporter of Catholic Emancipation and other Roman Catholic causes, which brought him into conflict with many members of his class in Ireland. ==Life== The second son of the first Earl Landaff (''c.'' 1738-1806), Matthew was a regular army officer. He was commissioned into the British Army as a Cornet in 1792, became a Lieutenant in 1793, and on 13 September 1794 was promoted Lieutenant-Colonel in the 114th Foot, a new regiment raised that year by his father. He was further promoted Colonel in 1800, Major General on 25 April 1808, and Lieutenant General on 4 June 1813.〔John Phillippart, ''The royal military calendar'' (Printed by A. J. Valpy, 1815) (p. 216 )〕〔Arthur Aspinall, ed., ''The later correspondence of George III'' (1966), (p. 12 )〕 From 1797 to 1800, Mathew was a member of the Irish House of Commons for Ballynakill in what was then Queen's County, succeeding Eyre Coote.〔E. M. Johnston-Liik, ''MPs in Dublin: Companion to History of the Irish parliament, 1692-1800'' (2006), p. 106: "MATHEW, Hon. Montagu; b. 18 Aug. 1773 d. 20 Mar. 1819; MP for Ballynakill 1797-1800."〕 In 1806, Mathew was proposed as a member of Dublin's Kildare Street Club but was blackballed by no fewer than eighty-five members, so was rejected. His brother Francis Mathew, 2nd Earl Landaff, denounced the "eighty-five scoundrels", who he claimed had all promised him they would give his brother their support, and stalked out of the Club, never to return.〔''The Irish quarterly review'' (1853), (pp. 295-296 )〕 Mathew was first elected as a Member of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom for County Tipperary in November 1806, succeeding his brother Francis when he became an Irish representative peer in the House of Lords, and held the seat until his death in 1819. In politics, he was a Whig.〔''Irish historical studies'', vol. 34, Issues 133-134 (Dublin University Press, 2004), p. 218〕 On 22 January 1808, the Tory Sir Arthur Wellesley, Chief Secretary for Ireland, wrote to the Duke of Richmond: On 5 May 1808, Mathew urged Wellesley and Perceval's government to increase its financial support for St Patrick's College, Maynooth, reminding them of a recent offer made by order of Napoleon Bonaparte to encourage Irish students to go from Lisbon to France for their education and promising them financial assistance.〔''The Parliamentary debates'' (Authorized edition), vol. 122, (pp. 238-239 )〕 In 1809, the magazine ''Select reviews'' reported that On 6 June 1811 Mathew was appointed Colonel of the 99th Foot.〔 In 1815 the parliamentary sketch-writer Thomas Barnes wrote of Mathew that he showed "...all the characteristic fervour of his countrymen in favour of the cause of the Catholics, but at the same time evinces a blindness of blundering greater than even foolish illiberality ever ascribed to his nation".〔Thomas Barnes, ''Parliamentary portraits: or, Sketches of the public character of some of the most distinguished speakers of the House of commons'' (Baldwin, Cradock, & Joy, and R. Hunter, 1815), (p. 170 )〕 Mathew never married. He died suddenly, and intestate, at Castle Fogerty, Thurles, County Tipperary, on 19 March 1819. He was buried at his ancestral home, Thomastown in the parish of Kilfeacle.〔John R. Boots, ''The Mat(t)hews family: an anthology of Mathews lineages'' (1970), p. 109 : "Montague Mathews, born 18 August 1773 died unmarried, intestate, and suddenly, at Castle Ffogerty, Thurles, 19 March 1819. He was Lieut.-General 98th Foot; M.P., Co. Tipperary; buried at Thomas-town."〕 Of his death it was later recorded that he was "one of the last of the four-bottle men in the county", and that he had died at dinner.〔Patrick Rogers, ''Father Theobald Mathew: apostle of temperance'' (Browne and Nolan Ltd., 1943), p. xix: "Major General Montagu Mathew, one of the last of the four-bottle men in the county, died at dinner in 1819 at Castle Fogarty."〕 A distant relation noted in 1890: 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Montague James Mathew」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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