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John Methuen (Lord Chancellor Of Ireland)
John Methuen may refer to: * John Methuen (priest) John Alan Robert Methuen (14 August 1947 – 18 July 2010) was an Anglican priest. Early life Methuen was born on 14 August 1947 and educated at Eton College, St John's School, Leatherhead and Brasenose College, Oxford. Religious career He was or ..., Anglican priest * John Methuen (diplomat), English diplomat, judge and member of parliament * John Methuen, 6th Baron Methuen, British peer {{hndis, Methuen, John ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Methuen (priest)
John Alan Robert Methuen (14 August 1947 – 18 July 2010) was an Anglican priest. Early life Methuen was born on 14 August 1947 and educated at Eton College, St John's School, Leatherhead and Brasenose College, Oxford. Religious career He was ordained in 1972 and was a curate at Fenny Stratford, after which he was appointed chaplain of Eton College. He was subsequently vicar of St Mark's Reading then rector of The Ascension, Hulme. While in Hulme he sheltered asylum seeker Viraj Mendis for over two years (December 1986 to January 1989). His next appointment was as Dean of Ripon in 1995. A divisive figure, he was facing 21 charges of misconduct before a consistory court A consistory court is a type of ecclesiastical court, especially within the Church of England where they were originally established pursuant to a charter of King William the Conqueror, and still exist today, although since about the middle of th ..., but resigned in 2005 before the cases came to court. Later ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Methuen (diplomat)
John Methuen (1650–1706) was an English diplomat, judge and Member of Parliament. He held office simultaneously as Lord Chancellor of Ireland and English ambassador to Portugal. In the latter role, he and his son Paul negotiated the Methuen Treaty, the achievement for which John is chiefly remembered.Ball 1926, p. 14. Early life and career He was born in Bradford-on-Avon in Wiltshire, the eldest son of Paul Methuen (died 1667),Barker & Doyle 2009, p. 310. who was said to be the richest cloth merchant in England, and his wife Grace Ashe, daughter of John Ashe, whose lucrative cloth business was inherited by his son-in-law. The family, whose name was also spelt Methwin or Methwyn, was of Scottish origin: Paul broke with family tradition by not entering holy orders. On his death, John inherited the estate which his father had bought at Bishops Cannings, near Devizes. His father's large fortune was divided between John, his six siblings and their mother; his brother William took ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |