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See also:METHUEN, See also:BARONY OF . The See also:English See also:title of See also:Baron Methuen of Corsham (Wilts) was created in 1838 for See also:Paul Methuen (1779–1849), who had been a Tory member of See also:parliament for Wilts from 1812 to 1819, and then sat as a Whig for See also:North Wilts from 1833 to 1838. His See also:father, Paul Methuen, was the See also:cousin and See also:heir of the wealthy See also:Sir Paul Methuen (1672–1757), a well-known politician, courtier, diplomatist and See also:patron of See also:art and literature, who was the son of See also:John Methuen (c. 1650-1706), See also:Lord See also:Chancellor of See also:Ireland (1697–1703) and See also:ambassador to See also:Portugal. It was the last-named who in 1703 negotiated the famous " Methuen Treaty," which, in return for the See also:admission of English woollens into Portugal, granted See also:differential duties favouring the importation of Portuguese wines into See also:England to the disadvantage of See also:French, and thus displaced the drinking of See also:Burgundy by that of See also:port. He and his son were both buried in See also:Westminster See also:Abbey. The 1st baron was succeeded in the title by his son See also:Frederick See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry Paul Methuen (1818–1891), and the latter by his son Paul, 3rd baron (b. 1845), a distinguished soldier, who became a See also:major-See also:general in 189o, and general officercommanding-in-See also:chief in See also:South See also:Africa in 1907. The 3rd baron joined the Scots See also:Guards in 1864, served in the See also:Ashanti See also:War of 1874 and the See also:Egyptian War of 1882, and commanded Methuen's See also:Horse in See also:Bechuanaland in 1884–85, and the first See also:division of the 1st See also:Army See also:Corps in the South See also:African War of 1899-1902.
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