THOMPSON, Sir Matthew William
Matthew William Thompson was born at Bradford, Yorkshire on 28 June 1872, eldest son of Revd Peile Thompson (19 July 1844-8 April 1918), 2nd baronet from 1 December 1891, a barrister, later curate of Monken Hadley, Middlesex, and his wife Jessie Clare Beaumont (1851-25 January 1927), daughter of Joseph Beaumont of Huddersfield, who married at St Oswald's Church, Filey, Yorkshire on 17 May 1871. Matthew was educated at Bourne Hill School, Winchmore Hill, Edmonton, London and entered Trinity College, Cambridge. In 1901, on his own account 'on own means', living at 15 Park Road, Battersea, London. He married at Ticehurst, Sussex on 3 November 1909, Harriet Kathleen Hamilton-Grace (1878-9 January 1969) and in 1911, Matthew was a 38-year-old 'painter artist', living at Salter's Hall, Sudbury, Suffolk with his 33-year-old wife, Harriet Kathleen and kept three indoor servants. He exhibited at the Royal Academy and was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. On the death of his father in 1918, he became the third baronet. Matthew William Thompson died at Hampstead, London on 25 November 1956, aged 84 and his wife died on 9 January 1969, aged 91, they had no issue, and the title went to his brother, Sir Peile Beaumont Thompson, 4th Baronet (1874–1972).
Royal Academy Exhibits
from Salter's Hall, Sudbury, Suffolk
1913 759 Cobaea Scandens
Works by This Artist
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William Grey, 9th Earl of Stamford 1850-1910 |
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D'Arcy Power (1855–1941)Oil on canvas
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