James Matthews | |
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Born | James Spencer Matthews 21 August 1975 |
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Title | James Matthews of Glen Affric the Younger |
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Children | 3 |
Relatives | Spencer Matthews (brother) |
Family | Middleton (by marriage) |
James Spencer Matthews (born 21 August 1975) [1] [2] is a British former professional racing driver, hedge fund manager, and heir to the Scottish feudal title of Laird of Glen Affric. In 2017, he married Pippa Middleton, the younger sister of Catherine, Princess of Wales and sister-in-law of William, Prince of Wales.
Matthews is the eldest son of David Matthews, whose father Wallace Matthews worked in the coal industry and then a garage near Rotherham. [3] [4] David Matthews was a car dealer before moving into the luxury hotel business. [5] James' father also owns the resort Eden Rock, St Barths, and is also laird of a 10,000-acre Scottish estate, Glen Affric. James' mother is Zimbabwean-born artist Jane Matthews ( née Jane Spencer Parker. Jane Matthews was educated at London's Slade School of Art. James is the older brother of Spencer Matthews, a former cast member of the reality TV show Made in Chelsea . [6] [7] [8]
The family own the "castle-like" [9] hunting lodge on their Scottish estate. Matthews' brother, Michael, died in 1999 in a mountaineering accident on Mount Everest, hours after becoming the youngest Briton to conquer the peak. [10] Matthews boarded at Uppingham School, in Rutland. He trained as a securities trader at Spear, Leeds & Kellogg, now part of Goldman Sachs. In 1997 Matthews moved to a finance house called Nordic Options Ltd, which de-merged from Spear, where he became a senior equity options trader. [11] [12] [13]
As a racing driver he has competed in such series as the British Formula 3 Championship. He won the British Formula Renault Championship title in 1994 for Manor Motorsport. He won the Eurocup Formula Renault in the same year. [14]
Matthews became a City of London trader in 1995 and in 2001 was co-founder of Eden Rock Capital Management (named after his father's Eden Rock hotel), of which he is now Chief Executive. By 2007 the firm was reported to be managing over £1 billion in assets, and in 2017 David Friedman estimated that Matthews was "a demi-billionaire or close to a billionaire on his own merits". [5]
It was reported in July 2016 that Matthews' Eden Rock Capital Management fund was a major investor in a collapsed Scottish company at the heart of a £90 million fraud investigation. [15]
According to documents lodged with Companies House, James Matthews has been, since 2007, the "solitary managing director of Beaufort Glen Affric Ltd". The 10,000-acre (4,000 ha) Glen Affric Estate is in the Scottish Highlands. As eldest son, upon his father's death, Matthews will inherit the courtesy title of Laird of Glen Affric. Until that time he is able to use, should he choose to do so, the title, James Matthews of Glen Affric the Younger. [7] [16] [17]
Matthews' brother-in-law, James Middleton, was reported in The Times in 2018 as hosting deer stalking parties at Glen Affric Estate. [18]
In July 2016, it was reported that Matthews had become engaged to Pippa Middleton, sister of Catherine, Princess of Wales. [19] Matthews and Middleton were married on 20 May 2017. [20]
Their son was born on 2018 at St Mary's Hospital, London. [21] [22] [23] Their elder daughter was born in 2021. [24] Their second daughter was born in 2022. [25]
Matthews is fond of endurance events having competed in the 251 km (156 miles) Marathon des Sables, the 76 km (47 miles) swim and run competition Ötillö, and the 54 km (34 mi) long-distance cross-country ski marathon Birkebeinerrennet. [26] [11]
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David's father worked in the coal industry and then a garage near Rotherham,
....David [Matthews'] father Wallace [Matthews]...garage
His (Middleton's) brother-in-law, James Matthews, heir to the Laird of Glen Affric title, has spoken highly of Mr Middleton, adding: "He's a much better host than I am."