Career
Mathews had corresponded with F. J. A. Horticulture about the idea of founding a national mountaineering club in February 1857 and took the idea up with East. South. Kennedy on an ascent of the Finsteraarhorn on 13 August 1857 (the fifth ascent of the mountain and the first British ascent). Ad-hoc meetings at Mathews"s house near Birmingham proceeded during November, and the meeting at which the Alpine Club was founded took place on 22 December 1857 at Ashley"s Hotel in London, chaired by Kennedy. Mathews was the fifth President of the Alpine Club, serving from 1868–1871.
Grande Casse with guides Michel Croz and East. Favre on 8 August 1860
Castor with F. West. Jacomb and Michel Croz on 23 August 1861
Monte Viso with F. West. Jacomb and Michel Croz on 30 August 1861.
