George Matcham
George Matcham (1753 – 3 February 1833) was an English civil servant of the East India Company, traveller and brother-in-law of Admiral Lord Nelson.
Born the son of Simon Matcham, Superintendent of the Marine of the East India Company, and senior member in council of the Presidency of Bombay.
1785 George Matcham settled in England and in 1787 married Catherine, daughter of the Rev. Edmund Nelson and sister of Admiral Lord Nelson. They had five daughters and three sons.
The family lived in Ringwood in Hampshire, and later in Ashfold, Sussex. He devoted himself to the pursuits of a country gentleman. He patented an apparatus for preserving vessels in danger of shipwreck (patent no. 2676 of 1803), and made several communications to the government on various public improvements.
Matcham died on 3 February 1833. His widow lived afterwards in Holland Park in London; she died in 1842.