Nieves Mathews

Nieves de Madariaga,

1917-2003, is of equal Scottish and Spanish parentage. scholar and writer. She is the daughter of distinguished Spanish diplomat and scholar, Salvador de Madariaga de Roja (Salvador de Madariaga). Her mother was the distinguished economic historian Constance Archibald.[1] Her father had multiple careers, first as an engineer, thereafter as a League of Nations employee, then as chairman of the League of Nations Disarmament Section, then as an Oxford University Professor, and for many years as an author.

Nieves was the older of her parents' two daughters. According to family friend, Ron Hilton, a professor at Stanford University, neither sister was allowed baptism because of Salvador's then anticlericalism.[2] Nieves'younger sister Isabel is still living and is a famous scholar and writer chiefly on Slavonic Studies, with a special emphasis on the life of Catherine the Great.[3] Nieves' sister Isabel de Madariaga is a professor emeritus from the College of London. She is the mother of Luis Solana and also of Javier Solana de Madariaga, the present High Representative for the Common Foreign Policy of the European Union, and Foreign Minister Elect for the EU once its new constitution is ratified.

Nieves full name at the time of her death was Nieves Hayat de Madariaga Mathews. She was employed for upwards of 20 years by the FAO (Food and Agricultural Organization), a United Nations agency headquartered in Rome. Her Yale University-published book on the life of Sir Francis Bacon was released in 1996. The 606 page volume is entitled, Francis Bacon: The History of a Character Assassination.[[3] (http://www.sirbacon.org/nmathewsbook.htm)] Nieves de Madariaga Mathews claimed in her acknowledgements that the book was suggested and blessed by "my teacher, Osho, who thought highly of Francis Bacon and gave the book his blessing." As well as Rajneesh, Solana's mother was equally deeply and publicly influenced by the works of Immanuel Velikovsky. She devoted much time to her pursuit of both Velikovsky and Sir Francis Bacon literacy and causes.[4]