The son of Thomas Mathew, the first earl; educated at Harrow and Corpus Christi College, Oxford, he was MP for Tipperary (1801-06).

REFERENCES TO Francis Mathew, second earl of Landaff:

Thomas Creevey to Elizabeth Ord, 13 October 1828 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)