Captain Anthony Paul Methuen, 5th Baron Methuen (26 June 1891 – 21 June 1975), was a British soldier, architect and peer.
Methuen, born in Wiltshire, [1] was the second son of Field Marshal Paul Methuen, 3rd Baron Methuen, by his wife Mary Ethel Sanford, daughter of William Ayshford Sanford, of Nynehead Court, Somerset. [2] He was educated at Wellington College, Berkshire and New College, Oxford.[ citation needed]
He was wounded in the First World War while serving as a captain in the Scots Guards. He was a chartered architect.[ citation needed] He succeeded in the barony in January 1974, aged 82, on the death of his elder brother. [2]
Lord Methuen married Grace Durning Holt, the eldest daughter of Sir Richard Durning Holt, 1st Baronet, in 1920. They had four children:
Lady Methuen died in August 1972, aged 74. Lord Methuen died in June 1975, aged 83, and was succeeded by his second but eldest surviving son, John. [2]
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Captain Anthony Paul Methuen, 5th Baron Methuen (26 June 1891 – 21 June 1975), was a British soldier, architect and peer.
Methuen, born in Wiltshire, [1] was the second son of Field Marshal Paul Methuen, 3rd Baron Methuen, by his wife Mary Ethel Sanford, daughter of William Ayshford Sanford, of Nynehead Court, Somerset. [2] He was educated at Wellington College, Berkshire and New College, Oxford.[ citation needed]
He was wounded in the First World War while serving as a captain in the Scots Guards. He was a chartered architect.[ citation needed] He succeeded in the barony in January 1974, aged 82, on the death of his elder brother. [2]
Lord Methuen married Grace Durning Holt, the eldest daughter of Sir Richard Durning Holt, 1st Baronet, in 1920. They had four children:
Lady Methuen died in August 1972, aged 74. Lord Methuen died in June 1975, aged 83, and was succeeded by his second but eldest surviving son, John. [2]
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