METHUEN, Paul (1672-1757), of Bishops Cannings, Wilts.

Family and Education

bap. 19 Dec. 1672, 1st s. of John Methuen*. educ. Jesuit coll. Paris, 1681–4; I. Temple 1685; unm. suc. fa. 1706; KB 27 May 1725. IGI, Wilts; Vernon–Shrewsbury Letters, ii. 429; A. D. Francis, The Methuens and Portugal 1691–1708, 4–5; DNB.

Offices Held

Dep. to fa. as envoy to Portugal 1694–5, 1696–7; envoy extraordinary to Portugal 1697–1705, 1706, to Spain 1705–6, to Turin 1706; ambassador to Portugal 1706–8; ld. of Admiralty 1709–10; ld. of Treasury 1714–17; PC 29 Oct. 1714–?d.; ambassador and minister plenipotentiary to Spain 1715; sec. of state 1716–17; comptroller of Household, 1720–5; treasurer of Household, 1725–9. CSP Dom. 1697, p. 57; Luttrell, Brief Relation, v. 208; DNB; info. from Prof. J. Black.

Parlimentarian

METHUEN, Paul (c.1672-1757), of Bishops Cannings, Wilts.

Main residence: Bishops Cannings, Wilts.

Author

C.I.M.

Volume

Commons 1690-1715

Web Title

METHUEN, Paul (1672-1757)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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