Person DS/UK/3025 Flinders; Matthew (1774-1814); naval officer, hydrographer and explorer Flinders Matthew 1774-1814 naval officer, hydrographer and explorer Male Born at Donnington near Boston, Lincolnshire, 16 March 1774; died in London, 19 July 1814

He surveyed Australia between 1795 and 1803. On his return to England his ship needed to call in at Mauritius for repairs, but, as France was again at war with Britain, he was held prisoner by the French for over 6 years before being allowed to complete his return home, having given his word that he would not fight against the French on his release. On his return home he wrote and had published his account of his last expedition in A Voyage to Terra Australis. Eldest son of Matthew Flinders and wife, Susannah (nee Ward); stepson of Elizabeth, whose sister Hannah was the mother of Sir John Franklin; Matthew married Anne Chapelle A Voyage to Terra Australis, published 1814 (came out on exactly the same day he died) International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition - ICA 2004 ISBN 2-9521932-2-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 Yes staff 10/12/2018 DERBYSHIRE\71026502 27/05/2020 8909794f-8e16-4b20-820c-b98d808fd87d