George Talbot Rice, 3rd Baron Dynevor (Dinefwr) (8 October 1765 – 9 April 1852) was a British peer and

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. He was the son of

Cecil de Cardonnel, 2nd Baroness Dynevor Cecil de Cardonnel, 2nd Baroness Dynevor (July 1735 – 14 March 1793) 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 ...

and George Rice (or Rhys). He was educated at

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and

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at Christ Church, Oxford on 1 February 1783, where he was awarded a

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degree on 30 May 1786. Newton House - geograph

Talbot Rice was the

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for

Carmarthenshire Carmarthenshire ( cy, Sir Gaerfyrddin; or informally ') is a county in the south-west of Wales. The three largest towns are Llanelli, Carmarthen and Ammanford. Carmarthen is the county town and administrative centre. The county is known as ...

from 1790 to 1793. His father had previously been the Tory MP for Carmarthenshire between 1754 and 1779. He inherited his title in 1793 on the death of his mother. The 3rd Baron's mother had adopted, by royal licence the name of de Cardonnel. In 1817 (again by royal licence) he resumed his paternal surname of Rice. His name is now often hyphenated as Talbot-Rice. He died on 9 April 1852. On 20 October 1794 he had married Frances Townshend, third daughter of

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of St Leonards. They had 2 sons and 5 daughters and lived at Newton House in his Dynefwr estate near Llandeilo, Carmarthenshire. He was succeeded by his eldest son

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, who later adopted the surname of Rice-Trevor.

References

1765 births 1852 deaths People educated at Westminster School, London Alumni of Christ Church, Oxford 03 Rice, George Rice, George Rice, George

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