Baron Dynevor
Baron Dynevor (also Dinevor or Dinefwr ), of Dynevor in the County of Carmarthen , is a hereditary British title in the Peerage of Great Britain .
The barony was named after Dinefwr Castle , the seat of the medieval Welsh princes of Deheubarth .
Award
The title was created on October 17, 1780 by Letters patent for William Talbot, 1st Earl Talbot . Since he had no male offspring, the award was made with the special addition that in the absence of male offspring, the title could also be passed on to his daughter Cecil and her male offspring. Accordingly, when William Talbot died, his title of Earl Talbot expired , his subordinate title Baron Talbot of Hensol passed to his nephew John Chetwynd-Talbot and the barony of Dynevor passed to his daughter Cecil, who was married to George Rice , a member of the Welsh Rhys family was. Today's title holder is their descendant Hugo Rhys as the 10th baron.
The family seat of the barons is Newton House in Carmarthenshire , Wales .
List of Barons Dynevor (1780)
- William Talbot, 1st Earl Talbot , 2nd Baron Talbot of Hensol, 1st Baron Dynevor (1710–1782)
- Cecil Talbot, 2nd Baroness Dynevor (1735–1793)
- George Talbot Rice, 3rd Baron Dynevor (1765-1852)
- George Rice-Trevor, 4th Baron Dynevor (1795–1869)
- Francis William Rice, 5th Baron Dynevor (1804–1878)
- Arthur de Cardonnel Rice, 6th Baron Dynevor (1836–1911)
- Walter FitzUryan Rhys, 7th Baron Dynevor (1873–1956)
- Charles Arthur Uryan Rhys, 8th Baron Dynevor (1899–1962)
- Richard Charles Uryan Rhys, 9th Baron Dynevor (1935–2008)
- Hugo Griffith Uryan Rhys, 10th Baron Dynevor (* 1966)
Probable title heir ( Heir Presumptive ) is the second cousin of the current baron, Robert David Arthur Rhys (* 1963).
Web links
- Cracroft's Peerage: Dynevor, Baron (GB, 1780)
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page
- The London Gazette : No. 12122, p. 1 , September 26, 1780.