Montague James Mathew
| Lieutenant General Montague James Mathew MP |
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How to Ride with Elegance thro' the Streets,
engraving of Mathew by James Gillray, 1800 |
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| Born | 18 August 1773 Thomastown Castle, County Tipperary |
| Died |
19 March 1819 (aged 45) Castle Fogerty, Thurles, County Tipperary |
| Allegiance |
 Ireland (1773–1800) United Kingdom (1801–1819) |
| Service/branch | British Army |
| Rank | Lieutenant General |
| Commands held | 99th Foot |
Lieutenant General Montague James Mathew (18 August 1773 – 19 March 1819) was an Anglo-Irish soldier and politician, a member of the Irish House of Commons for Ballynakill until 1800 and of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom for County Tipperary from 1806 until his death in 1819.
In politics, he was both a Whig and a supporter of Catholic Emancipation and other Roman Catholic causes, which brought him into conflict with many members of his class in Ireland.
Mathew was the second son of Francis Mathew, 1st Earl Landaff. He was commissioned into the British Army as a Cornet in 1792, became a Lieutenant in 1793, and on 13 September 1794 was promoted Lieutenant-Colonel in the 114th Foot, a new regiment raised that year by his father. He was further promoted Colonel in 1800, Major General on 25 April 1808, and Lieutenant General on 4 June 1813.
From 1797 to 1800, Mathew was a member of the Irish House of Commons for Ballynakill in what was then Queen's County, succeeding Eyre Coote.
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