Victor Matthews, Baron Matthews
British businessman
About Victor Matthews, Baron Matthews
Lived 1919 – 1995 (aged 76). Victor Matthews, Baron Matthews was a British chief executive officer, manager, entrepreneur, publisher, politician and art collector.
Victor Collin Matthews, Baron Matthews (5 December 1919 – 5 December 1995) was Group Managing Director of Trafalgar House, one of the United Kingdom's largest contracting businesses as well as the proprietor of the Daily Express.
Career Born in Islington and educated at Highbury School, Victor Matthews initially worked as an office boy for a tobacco business. During World War II he served as an able seaman in the Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve and saw action at Dunkirk.
He was created a Life Peer on 22 July 1980 taking the title Baron Matthews, of Southgate in the London Borough of Enfield.
In 1985 the business was acquired by United Newspapers and Matthews retired to Jersey.
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Who was Victor Matthews, Baron Matthews?
British businessman (1919-1995)
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Victor Matthews, Baron Matthews was born on 5 December 1919 in Islington.
When did Victor Matthews, Baron Matthews die?
Victor Matthews, Baron Matthews died on 5 December 1995.
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Victor Matthews, Baron Matthews was a chief executive officer, manager, entrepreneur, publisher, politician and art collector.
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Victor Matthews, Baron Matthews was British.
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