10 Facts About Leonard Matters

Leonard Warburton Matters was an Australian journalist who became a Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom.

Leonard Matters was born a British subject in Adelaide, in the Province of South Australia to parents John Leonard Matters and Emma Alma Matters.

Leonard Matters is the brother to Australian-British suffragist Muriel Matters.

Leonard Matters pursued career as a journalist and writer, holding posts around the world, before finally settling in the United Kingdom.

Leonard Matters wrote booklength works about the development of the Arctic trade routes in Siberia and Jack the Ripper.

In 1926, Leonard Matters proposed in a magazine article that the notorious serial killer Jack the Ripper was an eminent doctor, whose son had died from syphilis caught from a prostitute.

Leonard Matters claimed he had discovered an account of Stanley's deathbed confession in a South American newspaper.

Leonard Matters expanded his ideas into a book, The Mystery of Jack the Ripper, in 1929.

On 28 January 1901, Leonard Matters enlisted in the Australian and Colonial Military Forces in the 5th South Australian Imperial Bushmen at the rank of Trooper.

Leonard Matters held the seat for two years, until his defeat at the 1931 general election, and a second unsuccessfully attempt at the 1935.