Henry Matthew

{{Short description|British Anglican colonial bishop}} {{about||the Scottish physician and toxicologist|Henry Johnston Scott Matthew|the Scottish footballer|Harry Matthew}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Portal|Christianity}} {{Christianity in Pakistan}} '''Henry James Matthew''' (15 January 1837 – 2 December 1898) was an eminent British Anglican colonial bishop in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.<ref>''The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory'', London, Hamilton & Co, 1889</ref>

Born in Cambridge, Matthew was educated at St Paul's School and Trinity College, Cambridge.<ref name=Venn>{{acad|id=MTW855HJ|name=Matthew, Henry James}}</ref><ref>The Times, Saturday, Dec 24, 1887; pg. 11; Issue 32264; col A ''From the London Gazette, Friday, Dec. 23. Whitehall''</ref> A Chaplain at Simla in 1877,<ref>The Clergy List 1879</ref> he was appointed Archdeacon of Lahore in 1877.<ref name=Venn/> In 1888, he became Bishop of Lahore.<ref>The Times, Saturday, Jan 07, 1888; pg. 10; Issue 32276; col F ''Consecration Of The Bishop Of Lahore''</ref> An acclaimed preacher,<ref>E. Chatterton, ''A History of the Church of England in India since the early days of the East India Company'', London, SPCK, 1924</ref> he died in post, in Lahore, in 1898.<ref>The Times, Wednesday, Mar 01, 1899; pg. 11; Issue 35765; col D ''Ecclesiastical Intelligence.''</ref> He had become a Doctor of Divinity (DD).

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