Education and Career
Fra' Matthew received his early education at Ampleforth College. He graduated in Modern History from St John's College, Cambridge. Having been sponsored though university by the British Army and holding the rank of second lieutenant (on probation) (University Cadetship), on 23 July 1971 he joined the Grenadier Guards as a second lieutenant (on probation). His service number is 486330. He currently holds the rank of colonel in the Territorial Army. He was Acting Colonel of the Northumbria Army Cadet Force.
In June 1998 he was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth, for whom he has served as a Deputy Lieutenant in the county of Northumberland.
Fra' Matthew is a patron of the Sandhurst Foundation and a trustee of the Northumbria Historic Churches Trust. Until 2008 he was the Northumberland representative for the auction house Sotheby's.
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