James Matthews (racing driver)
| James Matthews | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | British |
| Born | 21 August 1975 |
James Spencer Matthews (born 21 August 1975) is a British former racing driver. He is heir to the Scottish title of Laird of Glen Affric. His father is landowner David Matthews, who also owns the resort, Eden Rock, St Barths. James' mother is artist Jane Matthews (née Spencer Parker) whose father was architect Robert Spencer ‘Spenny’ Parker. Jane Matthews is a graduate of London's Slade School of Art. James is the older brother of Spencer Matthews, an actor on the scripted reality TV show Made in Chelsea.
As a racing driver he has competed in such series as the British Formula 3 Championship. He won the British Formula Renault Championship in 1994 for Manor Motorsport. He followed that up by winning the Eurocup Formula Renault in the same year.
The childhood of Matthews and his two brothers, Spencer and Michael, was split between Caunton Manor, the 18th century manor house on his family's 30 acre estate in Lincolnshire, and Eden Rock, St Barths, the family's luxury hotel on the French Caribbean island of Saint Barthélemy. Another privately-owned home enjoyed by his family is the "castle-like" hunting lodge on their 10,000-acre Glen Affric Estate in Scotland. Matthews' brother, Michael, died in 1999 in a mountaineering accident on Everest, hours after becoming the youngest Briton to conquer the peak. Matthews and his brother Michael both boarded at Uppingham School, in Rutland, whereas Spencer boarded at Eton. James, however, skipped higher education to train as a finance trader at Spear, Leeds & Kellogg, now part of Goldman Sachs. In 1997 James Matthews moved to a finance house called Nordic Options Ltd, which de-merged from Spear, where he became a senior equity options trader.
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