Spencer Matthews

Spencer George Matthews (born 6 August 1988)[1][2] is a British entrepreneur and TV star, famous for his antics in Made in Chelsea.[3][4] He is the founder and CEO of CleanCo, a low and no alcohol drinks company. He is best known for TV shows such as Made in Chelsea, Celebrity MasterChef and The Jump.

For those of a similar name, see H. Spencer Matthews and Spencer Matthews King.
Spencer Matthews
Born
Spencer George Matthews

(1988-08-06) 6 August 1988
OccupationCEO, television personality, author
Spouse(s)
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(m. 2018)​
Children2
RelativesJames Matthews (brother)

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.[2] His mother was educated at the Slade School of Art.[2] He is named after his maternal grandfather, Robert Spencer Parker, an architect.[2] He has an older half-sister, Nina,[2] and two older brothers James and Michael, the latter of whom died at age 22 scaling Mount Everest in 1999.[2]

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.[2][5]

He was educated at Eton College.[2] 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.[2]

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][2]

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 of Glen Affric.[7][8]

Career

He came into the public eye through the E4 constructed reality show Made in Chelsea.[9]

In 2017, he won the fourth series of Channel 4’s competition show, The Jump.[10] In 2018, he participated in and reached the final of Celebrity Masterchef.[11] The same year, he became the face of Cartoon Network's Ben 10 Deluxe Omnitrix Watch.[12]

2019 saw Matthews work alongside his wife on their own E4 show Spencer, Vogue and Baby Too. The show was renewed for a second series.[13] He also co-founded a bespoke diamond retailer, Eden Rocks, and Clean Liquor Company which sells low alcohol drink.[14]

Matthews has presented for the BBC's Watchdog, appeared in a CBeebies 2019 marketing campaign and worked with the Agricultural and Horticultural Development Board.

Personal life

Matthews married Irish model Vogue Williams on 9 June 2018 at his family's Glen Affric Estate.[15] They have a son born on 5 September 2018[16] and a daughter born on 22 July 2020.[17]

In 2019 Matthews and Williams purchased an apartment together in St.Lawrence's in Howth, Dublin.

Matthews achieved his blue belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu in 2020 after training for 15 months.[18]

References
  1. England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1916-2005
  2. Matthews, Spencer (27 April 2014). Confessions of a Chelsea Boy: The Autobiography. Sidgwick & Jackson. p. 272. ISBN 9781447242703.
  3. Matthews, Spencer (1 October 2013). Confessions of a Chelsea Boy. Pan Macmillan UK. ISBN 978-1743513217.
  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. "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. https://metro.co.uk/2016/02/07/has-spencer-matthews-quit-made-in-chelsea-for-good-5667414/
  10. https://www.ok.co.uk/tv/jump-spencer-matthews-vogue-williams-14545041
  11. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0bhrh3w
  12. "Spencer Matthews talks son Theodore's relationship with Pippa Middleton and James' son Arthur". 19 November 2018. Retrieved 22 November 2018. The former Made in Chelsea star also had a busy year working, including becoming the new face of Cartoon Network's Ben 10 Deluxe Omnitrix Watch.
  13. https://www.channel4.com/press/news/spencer-and-vogue-return-second-series
  14. https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/spencer-matthews-business-is-going-to-be-my-escape-from-reality-zxdqcsb6n
  15. "See the incredible Scottish estate where Spencer Matthews and Vogue Williams said 'I do'". Hello Magazine. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
  16. "Spencer Matthews and Vogue Williams welcome birth of their son". Evening Express. September 5, 2018.
  17. "Vogue Williams and Spencer Matthews have welcomed a baby girl". Cosmopolitan. July 23, 2020.
  18. BjjTribes (2020-12-10). "Spencer Matthews Promoted To Blue Belt Under Paxton Gibbons (Roger Gracie Black Belt)". BjjTribes. Retrieved 2020-12-10.

Bibliography

Matthews, Spencer (27 April 2014). Confessions of a Chelsea Boy: The Autobiography. Sidgwick and Jackson. pp 272 ISBN 9781447242703.

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