# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/david-mathews
# Generated: 2026-08-13T04:18:00.285Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/david-mathews"
name: "David Mathews"
slug: "david-mathews"
description: "David Mathews was an American born British lawyer and politician from New York City. He was a Loyalist during the American Revolutionary War and was the 44th and last Colonial Mayor of New York City from 1776 until 1783. As New York City was the center of British control of the Colonies during the war, he was one of the highest ranking civilian authorities in the Colonies during this period. He was accused of supporting a plan led by Thomas Hickey to kill the Revolutionary General George Washington. He resettled in Nova Scotia after the war, and became a leading political figure in the Cape Breton colony that was created in 1786."
tagline: "Mayor of New York City during the American Revolution, colonial administrator of Cape Breton Colony"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1739"
deathDate: "1800"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.34
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.690066666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Mathews"
    title: "David Mathews"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%8A%DA%A4%D9%8A%D8%AF_%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AB%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%B3"
    title: "ديڤيد ماثيوس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Mathews"
    title: "David Mathews"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%87%E3%82%A4%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A3%E3%83%83%E3%83%89%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9E%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A5%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BA_(%E3%83%8B%E3%83%A5%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A8%E3%83%BC%E3%82%AF%E5%B8%82%E9%95%B7)"
    title: "デイヴィッド・マシューズ (ニューヨーク市長)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Mathews_(New_York)"
    title: "David Mathews (New York)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Mathews"
    title: "David Mathews"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5237218"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump