George Rice, 3rd Baron Dynevor
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and politician
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. He was the son of the 2nd Baroness Dynevor
Cecil de Cardonnel, 2nd Baroness Dynevor
Cecil de Cardonnel, 2nd Baroness Dynevor was a Welsh peeress.She was the daughter of William Talbot, 1st Earl Talbot. Her mother was the daughter and heir of Adam de Cardonnel, British Secretary of War. Under the special remainder in the creation of the barony for her father, she and her heirs...
and George Rice (or Rhys). He matriculated
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at Christ Church, Oxford
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on 1 February 1783, and was awarded a Masters of Arts on 30 May 1786. Rice was the Tory
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for Carmarthenshire
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from 1790 to 1793.
He inherited the title in 1793 on the death of his mother. On 20 October 1794 he married Frances Sydney, third daughter of Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount Sydney
Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount Sydney
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of St Leonards. Their child was George Rice-Trevor, 4th Baron Dynevor
George Rice-Trevor, 4th Baron Dynevor
George Rice-Trevor, 4th Baron Dynevor was a British peer. He was the son of George Talbot Rice, 3rd Baron Dynevor....
.
The 3rd Baron’s mother had adopted, by royal license the name of de Cardonnel. In 1817 (again by royal license) he resumed his paternal surname of Rice.