Henry James Matthew (15 January 1837 – 2 December 1898) was an eminent British Anglican colonial bishop in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory, London, Hamilton & Co, 1889
Born in Cambridge, Matthew was educated at St Paul's School and Trinity College, Cambridge.The Times, Saturday, Dec 24, 1887; pg. 11; Issue 32264; col A From the London Gazette, Friday, Dec. 23. Whitehall A Chaplain at Simla in 1877,The Clergy List 1879 he was appointed Archdeacon of Lahore in 1877. In 1888, he became Bishop of Lahore.The Times, Saturday, Jan 07, 1888; pg. 10; Issue 32276; col F Consecration Of The Bishop Of Lahore An acclaimed preacher,E. Chatterton, A History of the Church of England in India since the early days of the East India Company, London, SPCK, 1924 he died in post, in Lahore, in 1898.The Times, Wednesday, Mar 01, 1899; pg. 11; Issue 35765; col D Ecclesiastical Intelligence. He had become a Doctor of Divinity (DD).
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