Baron Methuen, of Corsham in the County of Wiltshire, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1838 for Paul Methuen, a former Member of Parliament for Wiltshire and Wiltshire North. The Peerage of the United Kingdom comprises most peerages created in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland after the Act of Union in 1801. ... Jöns Jakob Berzelius, discoverer of protein 1838 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters of an electoral district to a parliament; in the Westminster system, specifically to the lower house. ... Wiltshire, was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of England then of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1832. ... North Wiltshire is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ...
Paul Sanford Methuen was born at Corsham Court, Wiltshire, the oldest of three sons of Frederick Henry Paul Methuen, 2nd BaronMethuen and his wife Anna Horatia Caroline Sanford.
Methuen served two years in the Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry, joined the Scots Fusilier Guards as Ensign and Lieutenant and the Captain in 1867; Captain and Lieutenant-Colonial in 1876; and regimental Major in 1882.
Lord Methuen died at Corsham Court on October 30, 1932 and was succeeded by his son Paul Ayshford, 4th BaronMethuen.
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