The Lord Methuen | |
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| Born | 1 September 1845 Corsham Court, Wiltshire |
| Died | 30 October 1932 (aged 87) Corsham Court, Wiltshire |
| Allegiance | United Kingdom |
| Service | British Army |
| Years of service | 1864–1912 |
| Rank | Field Marshal |
| Unit | Scots Guards |
| Commands | Malta Natal South Africa 1st Division Eastern Command Home District |
| Battles / wars | Third Anglo-Ashanti War Second Boer War |
| Awards | Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order Mentioned in Despatches |
Field Marshal Paul Sanford Methuen, 3rd Baron Methuen, GCB, GCMG, GCVO, DL (1 September 1845 – 30 October 1932), was a British Army officer. He served in the Third Anglo-Ashanti War in 1873 and then in the expedition of Sir Charles Warren to Bechuanaland in the mid-1880s. He took a prominent role as General Officer Commanding the 1st Division in the Second Boer War. He suffered a serious defeat at the Battle of Magersfontein, during which he failed to carry out adequate reconnaissance and accordingly his artillery bombarded the wrong place leading to the Highland Brigade taking heavy casualties. He was later captured by the Boers at Tweebosch. After the war, he became General Officer Commanding-in-Chief in South Africa in 1908, Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Natal in 1910 and then Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Malta in 1915.