George Mathers, 1st Baron Mathers

The Right Honourable
The Lord Mathers
KT PC DL
The Right Honourable The Lord Mathers KT PC DL
Comptroller of the Household
	In office; 2 October 1944 – 23 May 1945
Monarch	George VI
Prime Minister	Winston Churchill
Preceded by	William John
Succeeded by	Leslie Pym
Treasurer of the Household
	In office; 4 August 1945 – 30 March 1946
Monarch	George VI
Prime Minister	Clement Attlee
Preceded by	Sir James Edmondson
Succeeded by	Arthur Pearson
Preceded by	In office; 27 February 1952 – 26 September 1965; Hereditary Peerage
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 by	Constituency created
Succeeded by	John Taylor
Member of Parliament ; for Linlithgowshire
	In office; 14 November 1935 – 3 February 1950
Preceded by	Adrian Baillie
Succeeded by	Constituency abolished
Member of Parliament ; for Edinburgh West
	In office; 30 May 1929 – 7 October 1931
Preceded by	Ian MacIntyre
Succeeded by	Wilfrid Normand
Personal details
Born	28 February 1886; Newtown St Boswells, Roxburghshire
Died	26 September 1965 (aged 79)
Nationality	British
Political party	Labour
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.

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