Baron Methuen
Baron Methuen , of Corsham in the County of Wilts , is a hereditary British title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom .
The family seat of the barons is Corsham Court near Chippenham in Wiltshire.
Award
It was created on July 13, 1838 for former Member of Parliament for Wiltshire and North Wiltshire, Paul Methuen of the Methuen family .
His grandson, the 3rd Baron , was a distinguished soldier and governor of Malta . His son, the fourth baron, was a professional artist and a member of the Royal Academy . After his death, the title fell to his younger brother, the fifth Baron Methuen. Since 2009 the title has been carried out by the younger son of the latter, the seventh baron, who obtained the title after the death of his older brother. Lord Methuen is one of the ninety elected hereditary peers who are members of the House of Lords following the passage of the House of Lords Act 1999 . He's sitting there on the benches of the Liberal Democratic Party .
List of the Barons Methuen (1838)
- Paul Methuen, 1st Baron Methuen (1779–1849)
- Frederick Methuen, 2nd Baron Methuen (1818-1891)
- Paul Methuen, 3rd Baron Methuen (1845–1932)
- Paul Methuen, 4th Baron Methuen (1886–1974)
- Anthony Methuen, 5th Baron Methuen (1891–1975)
- Anthony Methuen, 6th Baron Methuen (1925–1994)
- Robert Methuen, 7th Baron Methuen (1931-2014)
- James Methuen-Campbell, 8th Baron Methuen (* 1952)
Title heir ( Heir Presumptive ) is the half-brother of the current title holder, Thomas Methuen-Campbell (* 1977).
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b The London Gazette : No. 19629, p. 1445 , June 26, 1838.
Literature and web links
- Charles Kidd, David Williamson (Eds.): Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage. St Martin's Press, New York 1990.
- Methuen, Baron (UK, 1838) at Cracroft's Peerage