Mr. Hugh Matheson, of Messrs. Matheson & Co., Lombard Street, died on February 8, at Heathlands, Hampstead Heath, from heart disease. He was chairman of the Rio Tinto Company and of the Electrical Copper Company ; a director of the Mountain Copper Company, and joint vice-president of the Zafra and Huelva Railway Company.
(As published in the Colonies and India)
Funeral of MR. H. M. MATHElSON.-The funeral of the late Mr. Hugh M. Matheson, J.P., D.L., head of the firm of Messrs. Matheson and Co., of Lombard Street, a leading member of the Presbyterian Church of England, president of the Hampstead Liberal and Radical Association, and vice-president of the Hampstead Liberal Club, who died on Tuesday, in his seventy-seventh year, took place on Saturday afternoon at Highgate Cemetery, in the presence of many thousands of people. A short service, attended by members of the family, was held at the residence of the deceased gentleman Heathlands, Hampstead-heath, conducted by the Rev- J. R. Gillies, Minister of the Trinity Presbyterian Church, Hampstead, of which Mr. Matheson was one of the founders. The funeral procession was then formed, and went by way of Hampstead-heath, and Hampstead-lane to Highgate, a public service being held in the Highgate Presbyterian Church. This was conducted by the Rev. Principal Dykes, who was assisted by the Rev. Principal Rainy and the Rev. Dr. Connell. The interment was made in the family grave, the coffin being lowered into its resting place by means of silken cords by the relatives of the deceased gentleman. No flowers were placed on the coffin, but upon either side of it, as it stood in the church, were massed a quantity of wreaths and other tributes.
(As published in The Daily News, February 14, 1898)
