Matthew Slattery
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Sir Matthew Slattery KBE, CB, FRAeS |
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Matthew Slattery in uniform, 1943
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| Born |
12 May 1902 Bromley, London |
| Died | 16 March 1990 (aged 87) Warninglid, West Sussex |
| Nationality | British |
| Education |
Royal Naval College, Osborne Royal Naval College, Dartmouth |
| Occupation | Naval officer and company director |
| Board member of |
Short Brothers and Harland (1949-1960) Bristol Aeroplane Company (1957-1960) National Bank (1959-1960, 1963-1969) British Overseas Airways Corporation (1960–1963) Hawthorn Leslie and Company (1967-1973) |
| Spouse(s) | Mica Mary |
Rear-Admiral Sir Matthew Sausse Slattery, KBE, CB, FRAeS (12 May 1902 – 16 March 1990) was a British naval officer, military aviator and businessman. He was the managing director and chairman of Short Brothers and Harland, chairman of British Overseas Airways Corporation and latterly served as chairman of Hawthorn Leslie and Company. He was also a board member of Bristol Aeroplane Company and The National Bank.
Slattery was born in Bromley, London on 12 May 1902. His father was Henry Francis Slattery and his mother was Agnes Slattery (née Cuddon). His father served as the chairman of The National Bank from 1888 to his death in 1911, and had other business interests, serving as the chairman of the Brecon and Merthyr Tydfil Junction Railway, and as a director of several other railways and a number of insurance companies.
Slattery was privately educated at Stonyhurst College before joining the Royal Navy on 15 January 1916, aged 13. He would continue his education at the Royal Naval College, Osborne then the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth.
Slattery was commissioned as a sub-lieutenant on 30 September 1923, then promoted to lieutenant on 19 June 1924. His early assignments included service aboard the monitor ship HMS Erebus, and service with the Fleet Air Arm (at the time, part of the Royal Air Force). Slattery was one of a small number of naval officers who took the first Fleet Air Arm training course in 1924, qualifying as a pilot at Netheravon Airfield.
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