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The Lord Methuen
Personal details
Born(1931-07-22)22 July 1931
Corsham, Wiltshire, England
Died9 July 2014(2014-07-09) (aged 82)
Ashbourne, Derbyshire, England
Political partyLiberal Democrat
Children2 daughters
Alma materTrinity College, Cambridge
OccupationPolitician
Websitewww.libdems.org.uk

Robert Alexander Holt Methuen, 7th Baron Methuen (22 July 1931 – 9 July 2014) was a British Liberal Democrat peer. He was one of the ninety hereditary peers elected to remain in the House of Lords after the House of Lords Act 1999.

Biography

Methuen was the third and youngest son of

Sir Richard Durning Holt, 1st Bt.[1] He was educated at Shrewsbury School before going up to Trinity College, Cambridge, where he graduated in 1957 with a Bachelor of Arts
(BA) degree in Engineering.

Methuen worked as design engineer for

Rolls-Royce plc
from 1975 to 1994. In 1994, he succeeded his elder brother to the title. In the House of Lords he served on the Science and Technology Select Committee and other committees.

Lord Methuen married firstly Mary Catherine Jane Hooper in 1958; they divorced in 1993. He married secondly Margrit Andrea Hadwiger one year later. He has two daughters by his first wife: Charlotte Methuen (born 1964) and Henrietta Christian Methuen-Jones (born 1965). Christian is married to Robert Jones (who took the surname Methuen-Jones) and has three daughters: Teresa Methuen-Jones (born 1990), Keziah Methuen-Jones (born 1992) and Miriam Methuen-Jones (born 1997).

He died after a short illness on 9 July 2014. He was succeeded in the title by his first cousin once removed: James Methuen-Campbell (born 1952).[2]

Ancestry

Family of Robert Methuen, 7th Baron Methuen
16.
Sir Richard Holt, 1st Baronet
26. Richard Potter
13. Lawrencina Potter
27. Lawrencina Heyworth
3. Grace Holt
28. Thomas Wells
14. John Wells
29. Julia Lawrence
7. Eliza Wells
30. Thomas Tileston
15. Grace Tileston
31. Mary Porter

Arms

Coat of arms of Robert Methuen, 7th Baron Methuen
Escutcheon
Argent on a Bend Sable three Owls of the Field.
Supporters
Two Lions Proper collared and chained Or.
Motto
Virtus invidae scopus

See also

References

  1. ^ www.thepeerage.com Robert Alexander Holt Methuen, 7th Baron Methuen
  2. ^ Care, Adam. "Corsham's Lord Robert Methuen, the 7th Baron Methuen, dies aged 82 (From The Wiltshire Gazette and Herald)". Gazetteandherald.co.uk. Retrieved 2014-07-11.

External links

Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Anthony John Methuen
Baron Methuen
1994–2014
Succeeded by
James Methuen-Campbell