UK Elections Info

Data Last Updated: 7 August 2025
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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Born: 19 December 1672

Died: 11 April 1757

Knighted - 27 May 1725

Member of Privy Council - 29 October 1714

Lord of the Admiralty	1709	1710
Lord of the Treasury	1714	1717
Secretary of State	July 1716	1717
Comptroller of HM Household (Government Whip)	June 1720	1725
Treasurer of HM Household and Government Deputy Chief Whip	27 May 1725	1730

27 August 1713	Brackley	Whig	19	59.38
20 April 1714 Petition - Paul Methuen and Hon William Egerton unseated, and John Burgh and Henry Watkins declared elected.
29 January 1715	Brackley	Whig	Unopposed
July 1716 Resignation of Rt Hon Paul Methuen on appointment as Secretary of State.
9 July 1716	Brackley	Whig	Unopposed
June 1720 Resignation of Rt Hon Paul Methuen on appointment as Comptroller of HM Household.
24 June 1720	Brackley	Whig	Unopposed
22 March 1722	Brackley	Whig	Unopposed
27 May 1725 Resignation of Rt Hon Sir Paul Methuen on appointment as Treasurer of HM Household.
3 June 1725	Brackley	Whig	Unopposed
17 August 1727	Brackley	Whig	Unopposed
25 April 1734	Brackley	Whig	Unopposed
4 May 1741	Brackley	Whig	Unopposed