Mathew's political views had moved steadily closer to the Labour Party, and he was selected by the party to fight the Whitechapel and St. George's constituency at the 1922 General Election.[2] At the poll, he defeated the incumbent Liberal MP, James Kiley by just 428 votes.
Mathew died, aged 50, after an operation, less than two months after his election, becoming one of the shortest-serving MPs in history. At the subsequent by-election Harry Gosling held the seat for Labour.
charles, mathew, this, article, about, politician, actor, charles, james, mathews, charles, james, mathew, october, 1872, january, 1923, british, barrister, labour, politician, elected, member, parliament, whitechapel, georges, 1922, general, election, died, s. This article is about the politician For the actor see Charles James Mathews Charles James Mathew CBE KC 24 October 1872 8 January 1923 was a British barrister and Labour politician He was elected as the Member of Parliament MP for Whitechapel and St Georges in the 1922 general election but died seven weeks later The second son of Sir James Charles Mathew a Lord Justice of Appeal Charles James Mathew was educated at The Oratory School Edgbaston Birmingham and Trinity Hall Cambridge 1 He was called to the bar at Lincoln s Inn in 1897 and took silk in 1913 specialising in Chancery cases He was also an expert in trade union law A member of the London County Council since 1910 Mathew was also a member of the Statutory Committee on War Pensions and Chairman of the Special Grants Committee He was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire CBE in 1917 Mathew s political views had moved steadily closer to the Labour Party and he was selected by the party to fight the Whitechapel and St George s constituency at the 1922 General Election 2 At the poll he defeated the incumbent Liberal MP James Kiley by just 428 votes Mathew died aged 50 after an operation less than two months after his election becoming one of the shortest serving MPs in history At the subsequent by election Harry Gosling held the seat for Labour A Roman Catholic he married in 1896 Anna daughter of James Cassidy of Monasterevin County Kildare There were two sons and a daughter His elder son Sir Theobald Mathew later became the Director of Public Prosecutions See also EditList of United Kingdom MPs with the shortest serviceReferences Edit Matthew Charles James MTW890CJ A Cambridge Alumni Database University of Cambridge The Times obit 10 Jan 1923 Leigh Rayment s Historical List of MPsExternal links EditHansard 1803 2005 contributions in Parliament by Charles MathewParliament of the United KingdomPreceded byJames Daniel Kiley Member of Parliament for Whitechapel and St George s1922 1923 Succeeded byHarry Gosling This article about a Labour Member of the Parliament of the United Kingdom MP representing an English constituency is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Charles Mathew amp oldid 1117733221, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
