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Field Marshal Paul Sanford Methuen, 3rd Baron Methuen, GCB, GCMG, GCVO, DL (1 September 1845 – 30 October 1932), was a British Army officer. He served in the Third Anglo-Ashanti War in 1873 and then in the expedition of Sir Charles Warren to Bechuanaland in the mid-1880s. He took a prominent role as General Officer Commanding the 1st Division ...
The first Baron's grandfather, Paul Methuen, was the cousin and heir of the wealthy Sir Paul Methuen, a well-known politician, courtier, diplomat and patron of art and literature, who was the son of John Methuen (c. 1650 – 1706), Lord Chancellor of Ireland between 1697 and 1703 and ambassador to Portugal.
Paul Methuen (diplomat) Sir Paul Methuen PC KB (c. 1672 – 11 April 1757), of Bishops Cannings, Wiltshire, was an English diplomat and Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1708 and 1747. He was an envoy to Portugal between 1697 and 1708 and later a holder of public offices, particularly in the Royal household.
Prime Minister of Jamaica Premier of the People's Republic of China Term end 1992: Derrick Heaven: with residence in Tokyo 1981 Minister for Industry and Commerce; 1994: High Commissioner to the UK, non-resident ambassador to Denmark and Norway [1] Percival J. Patterson: Li Peng: September 24, 1994: Earl Alexander Carr: with residence in Tokyo [2]
Abraham Elias Issa CBE OJ (October 10, 1905 – November 29, 1984) was a Jamaican businessman, entrepreneur and hotelier acclaimed as "The Father of Jamaican Tourism". [1] As the first president of the Jamaica Tourist Board he contributed to the expansion of Jamaican tourism in the late 1950s. His business accomplishments include the founding ...
Jamaica's Export Economy: Towards a Strategy of Export-led Growth, Kingston: Ian Randle Publishers, 1997. ISBN 976-8123-43-5. A Growth-Inducement Strategy for Jamaica in the Short and Medium Term (edited with G. Hutchinson), Kingston, The Planning Institute of Jamaica, 2012. ISBN 978-976-8103-39-0.
1939–71 President, Royal West of England Academy. 1947 Honorary Associate, Royal Institute of British Architects. 1951 Fellow, Society of Antiquaries. 1951 Associate, Royal Academy. 1959 Royal Academician. Paul Ayshford Methuen, 4th Baron Methuen RA PPRWA (29 September 1886 – 7 January 1974) was a painter, zoologist and landowner.
Biography. Methuen was the son of Paul Cobb Methuen of Corsham, Wiltshire, and his wife Matilda (née Gooch). He sat as Member of Parliament for Wiltshire from 1812 to 1819 and for Wiltshire North from 1833 to 1837. He was appointed High Sheriff of Wiltshire for 1831 and raised in 1838 to the peerage as Baron Methuen, of Corsham in the County ...