Nationality: Irish. Born in France and died in Chanderagore of Cholera
Son of Francis Mathews(First Earl of Llandaff who died 1806) and Elisha Smyth(second daughter of James Smyth,M.P. for County Antrim) who got married on Sept 6, 1764
Married Contessa Eliza Francesca (Italian, elder daughter of Dornenico Povoleri di Nagarole, a Marquis of the Papal State and his wife Contessa Pivone de Vicenza) on Nov 20 1806
Father of Arnold Henry Ochterlony b. Sept 17 1807
...This Arnold's son was Arnold Harris Mathews by his 2nd wife
Father of Harriett Mathews (from 2nd Indian wife?) who married Thomas Stevenson Tweedle
On May 6 1854 he married Emma Weelands in London - they had two daughters both born in Fatehgarh: Lucy Emma b. 1855 and Jessie Eliza Marion b. 1857.
Brother of: Francis James Mathews, Montague Mathews and George Mathews.
"After his father's death in 1806 Arnold Nesbit Mathews was the rightful second Earl of Landaff but he refused to hold any communication with his parents and never returned to Europe. However according to Yaqub Zaki, Deputy Director of The Muslim Institute Arnold Nesbit was a Muslim and ""reluctant to abandon the fleshpots of Calcutta for the inferior ones of London"", and so ""refused to return"" and left his ""younger brother" " to assume the title"."
Son of Francis Mathews(First Earl of Llandaff who died 1806) and Elisha Smyth(second daughter of James Smyth,M.P. for County Antrim) who got married on Sept 6, 1764
Married Contessa Eliza Francesca (Italian, elder daughter of Dornenico Povoleri di Nagarole, a Marquis of the Papal State and his wife Contessa Pivone de Vicenza) on Nov 20 1806
Father of Arnold Henry Ochterlony b. Sept 17 1807
...This Arnold's son was Arnold Harris Mathews by his 2nd wife
Father of Harriett Mathews (from 2nd Indian wife?) who married Thomas Stevenson Tweedle
On May 6 1854 he married Emma Weelands in London - they had two daughters both born in Fatehgarh: Lucy Emma b. 1855 and Jessie Eliza Marion b. 1857.
Brother of: Francis James Mathews, Montague Mathews and George Mathews.
"After his father's death in 1806 Arnold Nesbit Mathews was the rightful second Earl of Landaff but he refused to hold any communication with his parents and never returned to Europe. However according to Yaqub Zaki, Deputy Director of The Muslim Institute Arnold Nesbit was a Muslim and ""reluctant to abandon the fleshpots of Calcutta for the inferior ones of London"", and so ""refused to return"" and left his ""younger brother" " to assume the title"."
Nationality: Irish. Born in France and died in Chanderagore of Cholera
Son of Francis Mathews(First Earl of Llandaff who died 1806) and Elisha Smyth(second daughter of James Smyth,M.P. for County Antrim) who got married on Sept 6, 1764
Married Contessa Eliza Francesca (Italian, elder daughter of Dornenico Povoleri di Nagarole, a Marquis of the Papal State and his wife Contessa Pivone de Vicenza) on Nov 20 1806
Father of Arnold Henry Ochterlony b. Sept 17 1807
...This Arnold's son was Arnold Harris Mathews by his 2nd wife
Father of Harriett Mathews (from 2nd Indian wife?) who married Thomas Stevenson Tweedle
On May 6 1854 he married Emma Weelands in London - they had two daughters both born in Fatehgarh: Lucy Emma b. 1855 and Jessie Eliza Marion b. 1857.
Brother of: Francis James Mathews, Montague Mathews and George Mathews.
"After his father's death in 1806 Arnold Nesbit Mathews was the rightful second Earl of Landaff but he refused to hold any communication with his parents and never returned to Europe. However according to Yaqub Zaki, Deputy Director of The Muslim Institute Arnold Nesbit was a Muslim and ""reluctant to abandon the fleshpots of Calcutta for the inferior ones of London"", and so ""refused to return"" and left his ""younger brother" " to assume the title"."
Son of Francis Mathews(First Earl of Llandaff who died 1806) and Elisha Smyth(second daughter of James Smyth,M.P. for County Antrim) who got married on Sept 6, 1764
Married Contessa Eliza Francesca (Italian, elder daughter of Dornenico Povoleri di Nagarole, a Marquis of the Papal State and his wife Contessa Pivone de Vicenza) on Nov 20 1806
Father of Arnold Henry Ochterlony b. Sept 17 1807
...This Arnold's son was Arnold Harris Mathews by his 2nd wife
Father of Harriett Mathews (from 2nd Indian wife?) who married Thomas Stevenson Tweedle
On May 6 1854 he married Emma Weelands in London - they had two daughters both born in Fatehgarh: Lucy Emma b. 1855 and Jessie Eliza Marion b. 1857.
Brother of: Francis James Mathews, Montague Mathews and George Mathews.
"After his father's death in 1806 Arnold Nesbit Mathews was the rightful second Earl of Landaff but he refused to hold any communication with his parents and never returned to Europe. However according to Yaqub Zaki, Deputy Director of The Muslim Institute Arnold Nesbit was a Muslim and ""reluctant to abandon the fleshpots of Calcutta for the inferior ones of London"", and so ""refused to return"" and left his ""younger brother" " to assume the title"."
Inscription
Sacred to the Memory of; Major Arnold Nesbit Mathews; Of the Honorable Company's Bengal Artillery;who departed this life on the 5th of October,1820;aged about 54.
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