
George Talbot Rice, 3rd Baron Dynevor (Dinefwr) (8 October 1765 – 9 April 1852) was a British
peer and
politician
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. He was the son of
Cecil de Cardonnel, 2nd Baroness Dynevor and
George Rice (or Rhys). He was educated at
Westminster School
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and
matriculated at
Christ Church, Oxford
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on 1 February 1783, where he was awarded a
Master of Arts
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degree on 30 May 1786.

Talbot Rice was the
Tory
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Member of Parliament for
Carmarthenshire
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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
Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount Sydney 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
George, who later adopted the surname of Rice-Trevor.
References
1765 births
1852 deaths
People educated at Westminster School, London
Alumni of Christ Church, Oxford
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Lord-lieutenants of Carmarthenshire
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