Paul Methuen (MP)


Paul Methuen 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. He went up to Oriel College, Oxford.
He was Member of Parliament 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.