John Methven [SEP] date of death
John Methven
Sir Malcolm John Methven (14 February 1926 – 23 April 1980) was a British businessman, and Director General of the Confederation of British Industry from 2 July 1976 to 23 April 1980.
Malcolm John Methven was born on 14 February 1926, the son of Lieutenant-Colonel Malcolm Methven OBE, and his wife, Helen Marion Watson.
Methven was educated at Mill Hill School and received a bachelor's degree in law from Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge.
Methven was knighted in 1978.
assumed power he granted his mother and stepfather Methven Castle and raised him to the peerage. After the Queen's death in 1541 Lord Methven married Janet, widow of the Master of Sutherland (and mother of the 11th Earl) and daughter of John Stewart, 2nd Earl of Atholl. They were the parents of the second Lord Methven and of Dorothea Stewart, who married William Ruthven. Lady Methven later married her son-in-law's father Patrick Ruthven, 3rd Lord Ruthven.
Henry Stewart, 2nd Lord Methven.