Robert Alexander Holt Methuen, 7th Baron Methuen (22 July 1931 – 9 July 2014), was a British Liberal Democrat peer. He was one of the ninety hereditary peers elected to remain in the

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after the

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Biography

Methuen was the third and youngest son of

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before going up to

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, where he graduated in 1957 with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in Engineering. Methuen worked as a design engineer for

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from 1957 to 1967, and then as a computer systems engineer for

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UK Ltd from 1968 to 1975 and for Rolls-Royce Holdings plc from 1975 to 1994. In 1994, he succeeded his elder brother to the title. In the House of Lords, he served on the Science and Technology Select Committee and other committees. He also voted to block the

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. Lord Methuen married firstly Mary Catherine Jane Hooper in 1958; they divorced in 1993. He married secondly Margrit Andrea Hadwiger one year later. He has two daughters by his first wife: Charlotte Mary Methuen (born 1964) and Henrietta Christian Methuen-Jones (born 1965) who later changed her name to Kittie. Kittie was married to Robert Jones (who took the surname Methuen-Jones) and has three children: Teresa Methuen-Jones (born 1990), Keziah Methuen-Jones (born 1992) and Miriam Methuen-Jones (born 1997). He died after a short illness on 9 July 2014. He was succeeded in the title by his first cousin once removed, James Methuen-Campbell (born 1952).

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* 1931 births 2014 deaths English people of Scottish descent People educated at Shrewsbury School Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge Computer systems engineers Liberal Democrats (UK) hereditary peers Holt family

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