Background
METHUEN, Paul Sanford Methuen was born on September 1, 1845. Son of 2nd Baron, and Horatio, daughter of Reverend John Sanford, Nynehead, Somersetshire. Succeeded father 1891.
METHUEN, Paul Sanford Methuen was born on September 1, 1845. Son of 2nd Baron, and Horatio, daughter of Reverend John Sanford, Nynehead, Somersetshire. Succeeded father 1891.
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Lieutenant Scots Guards, 1864. Special service Gold Coast, 1873. Served Ashanti War, 1874 (medal with clasp).
Assistant Military Secy, to Commander-in-Chief, Ireland, 1877. Military Attache, Berlin, 1877-1881. Assistant Adjutant-General and Assistant Quartermaster-General Home District, 1881-1884.
Served Egyptian War, 1882, as A.A. and Quartermaster-General, and Commandant at Headquarters in Egypt, 1882, including Kassassin and Tel-el-Kebir (despatches, Companion of the Bath medal with clasp, 3rd Cl.Osmanie,Khedive’s star). Commanded Methuen’s Horse in Bechuanaland Field Force, 1884-1885 (despatches, Companion of St. Michael and St. George). Deputy-Adjutant-General in South Africa, 1888.
Major-General 1890; in command of Home District, 1892-1897. Commanded 1st Division 1st Army Corps, South Africa, 1899-1902 (despatches). Commander-inChief Eastern Command, 1903-1908.
General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, South Africa, 1907-1909. Paul Sanford Methuen, Justice of the Peace; Governor of Natal since 1909; Colonel Scots'Guards; Honourable Colonel 2nd Vol. Battalion Wiltshire.
Clubs: Athenaeum, Travellers’.
Spouse 1878, Evelyn (d. 1879),daughter of Sir F. H. Hervey-Batliurst, 3rd Bt. Heir: Honourable Paul Ayshford Methuen.
Knight Grand Cross of the Bath, cartulary-register 1902; Knight Commander of the Bath, cartulary-register 1900; Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order, cartulary-register 1897; Companion of the Bath; Companion of St. Michael and St. George.