Matthew Fletcher Oxenford was born 17 September 1864 to bank clerk Alfred Oxenford and his wife Amy in Putney.
Leaving Merchant Taylors in 1880 he became a stockbroker and in time headed up the firm of Matthew Oxenford & Co.
He was initiated into Sir Thomas White Lodge in 1898 and became Worshipful Master in 1905.
He died in 1915.