de Mattos, Richard ♂

Education

Student United College 1893-1894 Jun. Gk.; Jun. Lat.; Jun. Math. 1894-1895 Lat.; Math.; French 1895-1896 Log.; Eng. Lit. Simson bursar, 1893.

Birth/childhood

Born 12.3.1877 son of William Sydney de Mattos, Richmond and Katherine Stevenson.

Attended Tuxles School, Haslemere and Wimbledon School.

Career

Received into Roman Catholic Church 1895. Assistant priest, Lincoln 1904-1911. Rector Roman Catholic Church, Ilkeston 1911-1915, 1918-1932. Acted as Chaplain in First World War 1915-1918. Chaplain to Turville Petre family, Bosworth Hall, Leics [Bosworth Hall, Leicestershire] c. 1932-1942.

Death

Died at Franciscan Nursing Home, Milford on Sea 27.2.1950 and buried in Stevenson enclosure, Calton Cemetery, Edinburgh.

Sources

• UYUC400:10 & 13.10.1893, 15.10.1894
• Catholic Who’s Who
• Letter 18.4.1978 R. F. Taylor