Frederick Albert John Matthews (4 January 1913 â 14 May 1985) was the Archdeacon of Plymouth from 1962 to 1978.
Matthews was educated at Devonport High School for Boys, Exeter College, Oxford and Wycliffe Hall, Oxford After a curacy at Stoke Damerel he was Vicar of Pinhoe from 1944 to 1961; and Rural Dean of Aylesbeare from 1957 to 1961. He was Vicar of Plympton St Mary from 1961 to 1983; and a Prebendary of Exeter Cathedral from 1978 until his death.