| 词条 | Herbert Matthews (agriculturalist) |
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Sir Alfred Herbert Henry Matthews KBE (1870–1958) was an English agriculturalist and politician. CareerMatthews became the Secretary of the Central Chamber of Agriculture in 1901 and continued in this role until 1927.[1] 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.[2] Matthews was President of the Institute of Traffic Administration[3] and also President of the Industrial Transport Association.[4] Matthews was also a President of the Mansion Housing Association and a Chairman of Fraser Trust Ltd.[5] Matthews also sat on the Agricultural Committee of the British Science Guild.[6] In Parliament, Lord Lloyd referenced Sir Herbert, saying "I need not tell your Lordships who Sir Herbert Matthews is or cite the value of his authority to you: it is well known."[7] Personal lifeMatthews was born in 1870 in Ealing, the son of Alfred Thomas Matthews and Elizabeth Townsend. He was educated at College House, Edmonton. In 1900, Matthews married Ada Buckley.[8] Published worksFifty Years of Agricultural Politics: Being the History of the Central Chamber of Agriculture (1915) See alsoRural Party (UK)References1. ^{{cite news|title=Chambers of Agriculture and Sir Herbert Matthews|url=http://search.findmypast.co.uk/bna/viewarticle?id=bl%2f0000532%2f19270507%2f088|accessdate=20 February 2015|work=Gloucester Journal|date=7 May 1927}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Matthews, Herbert}}2. ^{{cite news|title=English Chamber's Finances|url=http://search.findmypast.co.uk/bna/viewarticle?id=bl%2f0000577%2f19261104%2f123|accessdate=20 February 2015|work=Aberdeen Journal|date=4 November 1926}} 3. ^{{cite news|title=Institute of Traffic Administration Advances|url=http://archive.commercialmotor.com/article/28th-december-1945/28/news-of-the-week|accessdate=20 February 2015|work=Commercial Motor|date=28 December 1945}} 4. ^{{cite news|title=Britain's six months' grain reserve|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/history/britain-at-war/5578903/Britains-six-months-grain-reserve-June-27-1939.html|accessdate=20 February 2015|work=The Telegraph|date=27 June 1939}} 5. ^{{cite news|title=Personal Pars|url=http://archive.commercialmotor.com/article/18th-september-1942/16/applications-for-short-term-defence-permits|accessdate=20 February 2015|work=Commercial Motor|date=18 September 1942}} 6. ^{{cite book|last1=Guild|first1=British Science|title=Annual Report of the Executive Committee, 1917|date=2013|publisher=Forgotten Books (Original work published 1917)|location=London|page=20|accessdate=20 February 2015}} 7. ^{{cite hansard |jurisdiction= United Kingdom|title= Shipping|url= http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/lords/1936/jul/30/shipping#column_415|house= House of Lords|date= 30 July 1936|column= 415|speaker= Lord Lloyd|position=}} 8. ^{{cite book|last1=Walford|first1=Edward|title=The county families of the United Kingdom; or, Royal manual of the titled and untitled aristocracy of England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland|date=1919|page=246|url=http://www.ebooksread.com/authors-eng/edward-walford/the-county-families-of-the-united-kingdom-or-royal-manual-of-the-titled-and-un-fla/page-246-the-county-families-of-the-united-kingdom-or-royal-manual-of-the-titled-and-un-fla.shtml}} 6 : English agriculturalists|English politicians|1870 births|1958 deaths|Knights Bachelor|Knights Commander of the Order of the British Empire |
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