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| 12. |  The Ven. Walter Edmund Matthew was born on 26 Feb 1848 in Cambridge; was christened on 12 Apr 1848 in Cambridge (son of David Matthew and Elizabeth Cranwell Rowton); died on 19 Feb 1889 in Talawakelli, Ceylon; was buried in Mahayaya protestant cemetery, Kandy, Ceylon. Other Events:
- Occupation: Archdeacon of Colombo
- Occupation: 1871; Appointed curate of Christ Church, St. Pancras
Notes:
Matthew, Walter Edmond, 3s. David, of Cambridge, arm. St. John's Coll., matric. 25 June, 1866, aged 28 ; scholar 1869-73, B.A. 2870, M.A. 1873, archdeacon of Colombo, and incumbent of St. Paul's, Kandy , 1875. See Crockford, & Robinson , 338.
Inscription from his memorial in St. Paul's, Kandy, Sri Lanka
Sacred to the memory of the Ven. Walter Edmund
Matthew, M.A., formerly Scholar of St. John's
College, Oxford ; for thirteen years Archdeacon
of Colombo and last Colonial Chaplain of Kandy.
Here as pastor for ten years and in Colombo for
three, but present by lore and sympathy in every
part of Ceylon, he was a worker together with God.
It was his aim by God's grace to help in forming
of many races and languages one Church, and by
his own zeal and love to kindle in others both
Clergy and Laity such zeal and love as to establish
the Church only the more firmly when the aid of
the State was withdrawn. To his exertions are
mainly due both the enlargement and adornment
of this House of God and the endowment fund of
this Parish. Wise of head, strong of hand, warm
of heart. His death was felt as a public loss.
But he is blessed, for he died in the Lord and rests
from his labours. Born 25th February, 1848, died
19th February; 1889.
"The late Venerable Walter Edmund Matthew,
M.A. Oxford, Scholar of St. John's College, third son
of David Matthew, of Cambridge, was born February
25, 1848, and married, November 18, 1875, at Christ
Church, St. Pancras, Ada Mary, daughter of the late
Wm. Thomson, C.E., of St. Helen's, Lancashire.
He was in Ceylon from 1875 to 1889, in February of
which later year he died of fever and blood poisoning."
Archdeacon Matthew came out with Bishop
Copleston in 1875. He was a very energetic man, and
had much influence.
A register of the scholars admitted into Merchant Taylors' School : from A. D. 1562 to 1874
Andrew's Exh. of St. John's Oxf. 1866; 2nd C. Mod 1868; Casberd Sch. 1869; B.A. (2nd C.) 1870; Denyer and Johnson's Theol. Sch. 1871; Archdeacon of Colombo, 1875;
Walter married Ada Mary Thompson on 18 Nov 1875 in Christ Church, Albany Street, Camden, Middlesex. Ada (daughter of William Thompson) was born about 1853 in St. Helens, Lancashire; died on 18 Apr 1925 in Hampstead, London. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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| 13. | Ada Mary Thompson was born about 1853 in St. Helens, Lancashire (daughter of William Thompson); died on 18 Apr 1925 in Hampstead, London. Notes:
At the time of her death she was living at 26, Priory Court, West Hampstead
Children:
- Reginald Walter Matthew was born in 1879 in Ceylon; died on 8 Nov 1928 in 21, Riverview Gardens, Castelnau, Barnes.
- 6. Alfred Churchill Matthew was born on 01 Feb 1881 in Ceylon; died on 08 Jun 1965 in Winchester, Hampshire.
- Rev. Leonard Arthur Matthew was born in 1882 in Kandy, Ceylon; died in 1964 in Tonbridge, Kent.
- Mary Katherine Matthew was born in 1884 in Ceylon; died in 1914 in Conway, Caernarvonshire.
- William Roland Matthew was born in 1885 in Ceylon; died on 23 Jul 1950 in Wokingham, Surrey.
- Rev. Herbert Edmund J Matthew was born in 1887 in Ceylon; died in 1949 in Cockermouth, Cumberland.
- Edith Margaret Matthew was born in 1889 in Dunster, Nr Minehead; died in 1969.
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