David Mathew (other)
David Mathew may refer to: * Sir David Mathew (1400–1484), Welsh knight and English Standard Bearer * David Mathew (bishop) (1902–1975), English bishop and historian * David Mathew (Big Brother), joint winner of ''Big Brother'' Australia 2005 See also * David Matthews (other) Dave or David Mat(t)hews may refer to: Music * Dave Matthews (born 1967), lead singer and guitarist of the pop music group Dave Matthews Band * Dave Matthews (saxophonist) (1911–1997), American jazz saxophonist * David Matthews (keyboardist) ( ...

Sir David Mathew
Sir David Mathew (1400–1484; born Dafydd ap Mathew, was a Welsh Knight. He was Lord of Llandaff and Seneschal of Llandaff Cathedral, and one of the ten Great Barons of Glamorgan, a Marcher Lord. It was said he was one of the most distinguished men of his age and a zealous supporter of the Yorkist cause. After saving the life of King Edward IV at the Battle of Towton in 1461, he was appointed Grand Standard Bearer of England and King Edward IV granted the use of 'Towton' on his arms. Biography Sir David Mathew was the son of Mathew ap Ieuan (or Evan).Sir David was the first to adopt the modern style of Welsh surname, "Mathew", having discontinued use of the traditional Welsh patronymic "ap Mathew", meaning "son of Mathew". The name, properly "Mathew", was spelt by Sir David's descendants variously, e.g., in the Funeral Entries, preserved in the ''Record Tower at Dublin'', vol. vii., p. 18, the name of the founder of the Irish branch of the family is entered as "Geor ...
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David Mathew (bishop)
David James Mathew (15 January 1902 – 12 December 1975) was an English Roman Catholic bishop and historian. Biography Mathew was born at Lyme Regis, Dorset, and educated at the naval colleges at Osborne and Dartmouth. He served as a midshipman in the Royal Navy at the end of World War I. He entered Balliol College, Oxford, in 1920 and received a degree in modern history in 1923. He then went to Beda College in Rome, with the intention of seeking ordination and with a plan to enter the Carthusian order. He was ordained in 1929, and spent 10 months as a novice at St Hugh's Charterhouse, Parkminster, West Sussex, before concluding that he did not have a monastic vocation. After service at St David's Cathedral, Cardiff, he went to London to become chaplain to the Roman Catholic community at the University of London. In 1938 he was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Westminster. He served in London through the Blitz. In 1945 he was named apostolic visitor to Ethiopia, and in 1946 ...
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David Mathew (Big Brother)
''Big Brother Australia 2005'', also known as ''Big Brother 5'', was the fifth season of the Australian reality television series ''Big Brother'', and was aired on Network Ten in Australia, and TV-2 in New Zealand with a four-week delay. The series started on 8 May 2005, with housemates going into the House the day before, and finished on 15 August 2005, lasting 101 days. The theme for this season was "single, sexy and competitive". Auditions for housemates were held in March 2005. In a departure from usual procedure, candidates were not required to send in videos of themselves as had been the case for prior auditions. Instead, the producers toured major Australian cities and conducted interviews. They searched for sexy singles that were willing to have sexual relations on camera. Promos for the show suggested that Big Brother would be different this year, and phrases such as "Assume Nothing, Expect Anything", "Let's Play" and "Think Again" were used throughout the series, especi ...
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