Excerpt from Father MathewHe was born on the loth Of October, 1790, at Thomastown, the Splendid house of the Mathews, Earls Of Llandaff, to a younger branch Of which family his father, James Mathew, belonged. He was the fourth son Of James Mathew's marriage with Anne Whyte Of cappa-whyte, a lady famous for her beauty and sweetness Of Character.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.