About Paul Methuen
Lived 1723 – 1795 (aged 71). Paul Methuen was a politician.
Paul Methuen (16 May 1723 – 22 January 1795) was an English politician.
He was the son of Thomas Methuen of Bradford-on-Avon and was the cousin and heir of politician-diplomat Sir Paul Methuen (1672–1757). He went to Oriel College, Oxford.
He was Member of Parliament (MP) for Westbury 1747–1748, for Warwick 1762–1768, and Great Bedwyn 1774–1781.
Methuen bought Garsdon manor, Wiltshire, in 1758. His grandson, also Paul, became Baron Methuen in 1838.
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British politician (1723-1795)
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Paul Methuen died on 22 January 1795.
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