Richard Charles Uryan Rhys, 9th Baron Dynevor (19 June 1935 – 12 November 2008) was a British peer. He was educated at

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and at

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. In 1959 he married Lucy Catherine King, the only daughter of Sir John Knewstub Maurice Rothenstein

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. They had one son and three daughters. The marriage was dissolved in 1978. His chief interest lay in ''The Black Raven Press'' of which he was a

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. In 1962 Lord Dynevor inherited the remaining holdings of the Llandeilo Estate, comprising 23 farms, and 2,000 acres (8 km²), a ruined castle, a deer park with a herd of rare long horned white cattle, and a substantial

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bill. The death duties were owed on both the 7th and 8th Barons. Attempts were made to save the patrimony but eventually the castle was sold to a private buyer in 1974. The

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bought the deer park and the outer park at Dinefwr in 1987. Newton House was purchased by the Trust in 1990 having been through several hands since first sold by Lord Dynevor in 1974. It was in a very poor state of repair. The East Drive was acquired in 1992. The Home Farm was acquired in 2002.

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and the National Trust now control the estate of some 700 acres (3 km²).

References

*Rees, Thomas; “The Beauties of England and Wales”, 1815. Reprinted in ''A Carmarthenshire Anthology'', edited by Lyn Hughes, Christopher Davies, 1985 1935 births People educated at Eton College Alumni of Magdalene College, Cambridge 2008 deaths 09

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