Anthony Methuen, 5th Baron Methuen
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:
- Anthony Richard Paul Methuen (14 May 1923 – 8 December 1934).
- Anthony John Methuen, 6th Baron Methuen (26 October 1925 – 24 August 1994).
- Hon. Elizabeth Penelope Methuen (4 July 1928 – 13 July 2017).
- Robert Alexander Holt Methuen, 7th Baron Methuen (22 July 1931 – 9 July 2014).
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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