| Birth name | Alfred Methuen | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 15 February 1868 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Newhaven, Edinburgh, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 5 March 1949 (aged 81) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Seaview, Isle of Wight, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Alfred Methuen (15 February 1868 – 5 March 1949) was a Scotland international rugby union player. [1]
He played for Cambridge University and then London Scottish.
He played for East of Scotland District against West of Scotland District in their match of 26 January 1889. [2] He was still classed a Cambridge University player for the match.
He was elected President of London Scottish in 1931. [4]
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His father was James Methuen (1830-1873); his mother Murdina Bell (1841-1908). He was one of their five children.
He married Eleanor Hoey Forde (1867 - 1937) in Kingston, Surrey in April 1891. They had four children. One of his sons Lionel Harry Methuen joined the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders in the First World War, won the Military Cross, and was awarded an O.B.E. in 1919.
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