Spencer Matthews

Spencer Matthews
Born Spencer George Matthews
(1988-08-06) 6 August 1988[1]
Occupation socialite, reality TV personality and author
Spouse(s)
Vogue Williams (m. 2018)
Children 1
Relatives James Matthews (brother)

Spencer George Matthews (born 6 August 1988)[2][Autobiography 1] is a British socialite, reality television personality and author.[3][4] He is best known for appearing on the British TV shows Made in Chelsea, I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!, The Bachelor, The Jump and Five Star Hotel.[Autobiography 1]

Early life

He is the third son of landowner and entrepreneur David Matthews from his second marriage to Rhodesian-born Jane Spencer Parker, an artist.[Autobiography 1] His mother was educated at the Slade School of Art.[Autobiography 1] He is named after his maternal grandfather, Robert Spencer Parker, an architect.[Autobiography 1] He has an older half-sister, Nina,[Autobiography 1] and two older brothers James and Michael, the latter of whom died at age 22 scaling Mount Everest in 1999.[Autobiography 1]

The family owned Caunton Manor, a 30-acre estate in Nottinghamshire, and Eden Rock in Saint Barthélemy, one of the top 100 resorts in the world. Matthews split his childhood between the two residences.[Autobiography 1][5]

He was educated at Eton College.[Autobiography 1] In 1999, when Matthews was ten years old, his brother Michael was killed in a mountaineering accident on Everest, hours after becoming the youngest Briton to conquer the peak.[Autobiography 1]

He attended the University of Southern California where he studied Cinema and Television with the aim of becoming an artist, but dropped out after nine months.[6][Autobiography 1]

In 2007, upon purchasing a 10,000-acre estate with hunting lodge in Scotland, his parents acquired the Scottish courtesy titles of Laird and Lady Glen Affric.[7][8]

Career

Matthews worked as a public relations manager and an actor and as a foreign exchange trader at Icap currency brokers.[9]

He came into the public eye through the E4 constructed reality show Made in Chelsea. His storylines have tended to focus around his love life, with the first series beginning with his friendship with Caggie Dunlop supposedly leading to something more. He has gone on to date several cast members, earning him a reputation as a Lothario. Matthews reportedly has left the show after media coverage of a supposed steroid drug problem.[10]

In 2012, Matthews was the principal participant in The Bachelor UK series 5.[11] In 2015, he participated in the fifteenth series of I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!,[12] but withdrew after two days.

In 2013, Matthews wrote his autobiography, Confessions of a Chelsea Boy.[Autobiography 1]

On 12 March 2017, Matthews won the fourth series of the Channel 4 reality series The Jump.[13]

Personal life

Matthews is married to Irish model Vogue Williams. They announced their engagement on 1 February 2018 and married at his family's Glen Affric Estate in June 2018.[14][5] The couple had a son, Theodore Frederick Michael Matthews, on 5 September 2018 at 3:55am; he was born in a London hospital.[15][16][17]

References

  1. ↑ Gutteridge, Nick (20 July 2016). "Spencer Matthews's imdb". imdb. UK. Retrieved 21 July 2016.
  2. ↑ England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1916-2005
  3. ↑ Matthews, Spencer (1 October 2013). Confessions of a Chelsea Boy. Pan Macmillan UK. ISBN 1743513216.
  4. ↑ Gutteridge, Nick (20 July 2016). "Middleton of the Glen! How Pippa will get a title to rival her sister Kate after engagement". Daily Express. UK. Retrieved 21 July 2016.
  5. 1 2 "Who is Spencer Matthews, Pippa Middleton's brother-in-law?". The Telegraph. Telegraph Media Group Limited. Retrieved 21 May 2017.
  6. ↑ Pelly, Guy (8 April 2017). "Meet the Matthews: who are Pippa Middleton's imminent in-laws?". Daily Telegraph. UK. Retrieved 9 May 2017. 27-year-old Spencer... (was familiar with) London's Slade School of Art
  7. ↑ "The Glen Affric Estate". glenaffricestate.com. Affric Lodge. Retrieved 21 May 2017.
  8. ↑ Smith, Lauren (23 May 2017). "See the Massive Scottish Estate Pippa Will Someday Be Lady Of". housebeautiful.com. Retrieved 29 May 2017. (James and Spencer) Matthews' parents are currently the Laird and Lady of Glen Affric, a (10,000-acre) Scottish estate in the Highlands. Someday, it's reported that the titles his father and mother currently hold will be passed down to James and his wife. This means, Pippa and James will one day rule the roost of the spectacular property.
  9. ↑ Kay, Richard. "The VERY black sheep joining Pippa's family: Spencer Matthews". Mail Online. The Daily Mail.
  10. ↑ Corner, Natalie (7 February 2016). "Spencer Matthews 'quits Made In Chelsea' following steroid drug addiction shame". The Mirror. Retrieved 17 October 2016.
  11. ↑ Wheeler, Rachael (12 September 2012). "Spencer Matthews calls The Bachelor winner Khloe Evans a "mistake" (before getting us all excited about Made In Chelsea)". The Mirror. Retrieved 17 October 2016.
  12. ↑ Jefferies, Mark; Buckland, Lucy (22 November 2016). "Spencer Matthews says he was AXED from I'm A Celebrity after steroids confession". The Mirror. Retrieved 17 October 2016.
  13. ↑ Lawrence, R. (13 March 2017). "'I'm so happy!' Spencer Matthews is crowned the winner of The Jump 2017 as he narrowly beats Louis Smith in the tense final". Daily Mail. UK. Retrieved 14 March 2017.
  14. ↑ "See the incredible Scottish estate where Spencer Matthews and Vogue Williams said 'I do'". Hello Magazine. Retrieved 12 June 2018. Spencer's father David Matthews bought the Scottish estate in 2008, and has since held the title of the Laird of Glen Affric. The title will be inherited by Spencer's brother James upon their father's death, while Vogue's new sister-in-law Pippa Middleton will become known as Lady Glen Affric......The couple are set to welcome their first child together later this summer.
  15. ↑ "Spencer Matthews and Vogue Williams welcome birth of their son". Aberdeen Evening Express - 5 September 2018. Retrieved 6 September 2018. In a caption next to the photo, Matthews wrote: “This morning at 3:55am, we welcomed our son into a quiet London hospital.......Matthews is the son of landowner and entrepreneur David Matthews and artist Jane Spencer Parker, who are Laird and Lady of Glen Affric in the Highlands.
  16. ↑ Vogue Williams [voguewilliams]. "This morning at 3:55am, we welcomed our son into a quiet London hospital... He is beautiful and healthy. We feel truly blessed". Instagram. Retrieved 5 September 2018.
  17. ↑ Vogue Williams [voguewilliams]. "My whole world has changed with the arrival of our beautiful boy Theodore. The last two weeks have been the best of my life. I am loving every minute of being a mother, even the very sleepy wake up calls at night. Spencer and I have never felt love like it, Theodore you are our world...❤️". Instagram. Retrieved 15 September 2018.

Bibliography

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Matthews, Spencer (27 April 2014). Confessions of a Chelsea Boy: The Autobiography. Sidgwick & Jackson. p. 272. ISBN 9781447242703. Retrieved 21 May 2017.
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