Paul Methuen (diplomat)
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Sir Paul Methuen PC, KCB (c. 1672 – 11 April 1757) was an English diplomat and politician. He was Member of Parliament (MP) for Devizes from 1708 to 1710[1], then for Brackley from 1713 to 1714 and from 1715 to 1747.[2] He was Secretary of State for the Southern Department from 1716–1717.
He was made a Knight of the Bath by George I in May 1725.
He died, unmarried, in 1757, and was buried in the south aisle of Westminster Abbey, near his father John.
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