{"id":"matthew-nathan","type":"person","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/matthew-nathan","language":"en","name":"Matthew Nathan","name_en":"Matthew Nathan","name_ne":null,"description":"British colonial administrator (1862–1939)","headline":"British colonial administrator (1862–1939)","also_known_as":[],"summary":"Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Matthew Nathan was a British soldier and colonial administrator, who variously served as the governor of Sierra Leone, Gold Coast, Hong Kong, Natal and Queensland. He was Under-Secretary for Ireland from 1914 to 1916, and was responsible, with the Chief Secretary, Augustine Birrell, for the administration of Ireland in the years immediately preceding the Easter Rising.","summary_more":[],"facts":[{"key":"born","label":"Born","values":[{"text":"3 January 1862","date":"1862-01-03"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q973005#P569"}},{"key":"birthplace","label":"Place of birth","values":[{"text":"Paddington","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q124230"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q973005#P19"}},{"key":"died","label":"Died","values":[{"text":"18 April 1939","date":"1939-04-18"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q973005#P570"}},{"key":"deathplace","label":"Place of death","values":[{"text":"West Coker","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1825283"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q973005#P20"}},{"key":"citizenship","label":"Citizenship","values":[{"text":"United Kingdom","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q145"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q973005#P27"}},{"key":"occupation","label":"Occupation","values":[{"text":"engineer","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q81096"},{"text":"military officer","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q189290"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q973005#P106"}},{"key":"education","label":"Education","values":[{"text":"Royal Military Academy, Woolwich","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1573631"},{"text":"Royal Military Academy Sandhurst","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q575618"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q973005#P69"}},{"key":"positions","label":"Positions held","values":[{"text":"High Sheriff of Somerset (1934–1935)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6573176","start":"1934","end":"1935"},{"text":"Governor of Queensland (3 December 1920 – 17 September 1925)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1467097","start":"1920-12-03","end":"1925-09-17"},{"text":"Governor of Hong Kong (29 July 1904 – 29 July 1907)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1159846","start":"1904-07-29","end":"1907-07-29"},{"text":"Governor of the Gold Coast (17 December 1900 – 9 February 1904)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q50359335","start":"1900-12-17","end":"1904-02-09"},{"text":"Member of the Privy Council of Ireland","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28837708"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q973005#P39"}},{"key":"awards","label":"Awards","values":[{"text":"Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12177423"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q973005#P166"}}],"office":null,"sections":[],"cited":[],"cited_from":null,"videos":[],"last_reviewed":null,"organizations":[],"same_as":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Nathan","https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q973005"],"faq":[{"q":"When was Matthew Nathan born?","a":"Matthew Nathan was born on 3 January 1862 in Paddington."},{"q":"What positions has Matthew Nathan held?","a":"Positions held by Matthew Nathan include: High Sheriff of Somerset (1934–1935); Governor of Queensland (1920–1925); Governor of Hong Kong (1904–1907); Governor of the Gold Coast (1900–1904); Member of the Privy Council of Ireland."},{"q":"Where did Matthew Nathan study?","a":"Matthew Nathan was educated at Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, Royal Military Academy Sandhurst."}],"related":[{"name":"George Bowen","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/george-bowen"},{"name":"Arthur Kennedy","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/arthur-kennedy"},{"name":"William Peel","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/william-peel"},{"name":"Hugh Norman-Walker","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/hugh-norman-walker"},{"name":"Alexander Robert Johnston","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/alexander-robert-johnston"},{"name":"Cecil Harcourt","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/cecil-harcourt"},{"name":"Franklin Gimson","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/franklin-gimson"},{"name":"George Digby Barker","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/george-digby-barker"}],"places_in":[],"nearby":[],"image":{"url":"https://diginpl.com/kb-img/matthew-nathan-9e97bd05ed.jpg","width":500,"height":712,"license":"Public domain","credit":"originally uploaded by Roisterer ( talk )","page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sir_Matthew_Nathan.jpg"},"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): Matthew Nathan","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Nathan","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikidata item Q973005","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q973005","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},{"label":"Image: Sir Matthew Nathan.jpg by originally uploaded by Roisterer ( talk ) (Public domain)","url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sir_Matthew_Nathan.jpg","license":null}],"license":{"text":"CC BY-SA 4.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","facts":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},"attribution":"Text from the Wikipedia article Matthew Nathan, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: Sir Matthew Nathan.jpg — originally uploaded by Roisterer ( talk ), Public domain.","cite":"\"Matthew Nathan\". DigiNepal. Last updated 31 October 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/matthew-nathan. Retrieved 5 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-10-31T11:00:45Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-05","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/matthew-nathan","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/matthew-nathan","ne":"https://diginpl.com/people/matthew-nathan?lang=ne"}}