George Mathers, 1st Baron Mathers

The Lord Mathers
Comptroller of the Household
In office
2 October 1944 – 23 May 1945
MonarchGeorge VI
Prime MinisterWinston Churchill
Preceded byWilliam John
Succeeded byLeslie Pym
Treasurer of the Household
In office
4 August 1945 – 30 March 1946
MonarchGeorge VI
Prime MinisterClement Attlee
Preceded bySir James Edmondson
Succeeded byArthur Pearson
Parliamentary Representation
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
In office
27 February 1952 – 26 September 1965
Hereditary Peerage
Member of Parliament
for West Lothian
In office
23 February 1950 – 5 October 1951
Preceded byConstituency created
Succeeded byJohn Taylor
Member of Parliament
for Linlithgowshire
In office
14 November 1935 – 3 February 1950
Preceded byAdrian Baillie
Succeeded byConstituency abolished
Member of Parliament
for Edinburgh West
In office
30 May 1929 – 7 October 1931
Preceded byIan MacIntyre
Succeeded byWilfrid Normand
Personal details
Born28 February 1886
Newtown St Boswells, Roxburghshire
Died26 September 1965(1965-09-26) (aged 79)
NationalityBritish
Political partyLabour
Spouses
Edith Robinson
(died 1938)
Jessie Graham
(m. 1940)

George Mathers, 1st Baron Mathers KT, PC, DL (28 February 1886 – 26 September 1965) was a Scottish trade unionist and Labour Party politician. He served as Comptroller of the Household from 1944 to 1945 in Winston Churchill's war-time coalition government and as Treasurer of the Household (Deputy Chief Whip) from 1945 to 1946 in Clement Attlee's post-war Labour administration.