Robert Methuen, 7th Baron Methuen
The Lord Methuen | |
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| Member of the House of Lords | |
Lord Temporal | |
| as a hereditary peer 15 December 1994 – 11 November 1999 | |
| Preceded by | The 6th Baron Methuen |
| Succeeded by | Seat abolished [a] |
| as an elected hereditary peer 11 November 1999 – 9 July 2014 | |
| Election | 1999 |
| Preceded by | Seat established [a] |
| Succeeded by | The 3rd Earl of Oxford and Asquith |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 22 July 1931 Corsham, Wiltshire, England |
| Died | 9 July 2014 (aged 82) Ashbourne, Derbyshire, England |
| Political party | Liberal Democrat |
| Children | 2 daughters |
| Alma mater | Trinity College, Cambridge |
| Occupation | Politician |
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
[edit]Methuen was the third and youngest son of Anthony Methuen, 5th Baron Methuen, by his wife Grace Durning Holt, daughter of Sir Richard Durning Holt, 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 a design engineer for Westinghouse Brake and Signal Company from 1957 to 1967, and then as a computer systems engineer for IBM UK Ltd from 1968 to 1975 and for Rolls-Royce Holdings 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. He also voted to block the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013.[2]
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 Mary Methuen (born 1964) and Henrietta Christian Methuen-Jones (born 1965) who later changed her name to Kittie. Kittie was married to Robert Jones (who took the surname Methuen-Jones) and has three children: 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).[3]
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See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ a b Under the House of Lords Act 1999.
References
[edit]- ^ www.thepeerage.com Robert Alexander Holt Methuen, 7th Baron Methuen
- ^ "Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill". 4 June 2013.
- ^ Care, Adam. "Corsham's Lord Robert Methuen, the 7th Baron Methuen, dies aged 82 (From The Wiltshire Gazette and Herald)". Gazetteandherald.co.uk. Retrieved 11 July 2014.
- ^ Burke's Peerage. 1959.
- "DodOnline". Archived from the original on 8 February 2007. Retrieved 28 January 2007.
External links
[edit]- www.burkespeerage.com
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Robert Methuen, 7th Baron Methuen
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- English people of Scottish descent
- People educated at Shrewsbury School
- Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge
- Computer systems engineers
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