Paul Methuen, 3rd Baron Methuen

Field Marshal The Right Honourable The Lord Methuen GCB, GCMG, GCVO, DL
Born	(1845-09-01)1 September 1845 Corsham Court, Wiltshire
Died	30 October 1932(1932-10-30) (aged 87) Corsham Court, Wiltshire
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	British Army
Years of service	1864–1912
Rank	Field Marshal
Unit	Scots Guards
Commands held	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.