Captain Anthony Paul Methuen, 5th Baron Methuen (26 June 1891 – 21 June 1975), was a British soldier, architect and peer.
Methuen, born in Wiltshire,[1] was the second son of Field Marshal Paul Methuen, 3rd Baron Methuen, by his wife Mary Ethel Sanford, daughter of William Ayshford Sanford, of Nynehead Court, Somerset.[2] He was educated at Wellington College, Berkshire and New College, Oxford.
He was wounded in the First World War while serving as a captain in the Scots Guards. He was a chartered architect. He succeeded in the barony in January 1974, aged 82, on the death of his elder brother.[2]
Lord Methuen married Grace Durning Holt, the eldest daughter of Sir Richard Durning Holt, 1st Baronet, in 1920. They had four children:
Lady Methuen died in August 1972, aged 74. Lord Methuen died in June 1975, aged 83, and was succeeded by his second but eldest surviving son, John.[2]
Escutcheon: | Argent three wolves' heads erased Proper on the breast of an eagle with two heads displayed Sable. |
Supporters: | On either side two fiery lynxes reguardant Proper collared having a line passing between their forelegs reflexed over their backs Or. |
Motto: | Virtus Invidiae Scopus [3] |