Nieves Mathews (1917–2003) was a British translator and writer best known for her biography of Sir Francis Bacon.
Family
Born Nieves Hayat de Madariaga Archibald in Glasgow, Scotland, on 3 December 1917, she was the elder daughter of the Spanish diplomat and writer Salvador de Madariaga and the Scottish economic historian Constance Helen Margaret (née Archibald). Her younger sister was the historian Isabel de Madariaga.
She studied French and Spanish at King's College London. On 23 April 1939, she married Paul William Mathews and had two children.