George Rice, 3rd Baron Dynevor

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George Talbot Rice, contemporary portrait

George Talbot Rice, 3rd Baron Dynevor (from 1793 to 1817 George de Cardonell ) (born October 8, 1765 , † April 9, 1852 ) was a British nobleman and politician.

Origin and youth

George Rice came from the old Welsh Rhys family , who Anglicized their name to Rice. He was the eldest son of George Rice and his wife, Lady Cecil Talbot. His mother was the daughter and heiress of William Talbot, 1st Earl Talbot , who a few years before his death had been bestowed with the title of Baron Dynevor in special regard to his descendants , so that the title was given to his daughter and, after her death, to their male Offspring was inheritable. According to her mother's will, Rice's mother changed her name to de Cardonell in 1787 .

He attended Westminster School from 1773 and studied at Christ Church College in Oxford from 1783 . In 1779, after the death of his father, he inherited the Rice family estates with Newton House in Carmarthenshire .

Political career

In 1790 Rice was mayor of Carmarthen . By an agreement with John George Philipps from Cwmgwili he was elected unchallenged in the general election in 1790 as the successor to William Mansel, 9th Baronet as Knight of the Shire for Carmarthenshire. In the House of Commons , however, unlike his father, he did not join the Whigs , but became a supporter of the Tories through the influence of Herbert Lloyd of Carmarthen . He did not stand out in the House of Commons, but he did support the Pitt government . After his mother's death on March 14, 1793, he inherited the title of Baron Dynevor and on April 30, 1793, changed his name to de Cardonnel, his mother's family name. As Baron Dynevor he became a member of the House of Lords , which is why he resigned from his seat as MP. He was now leader of the Tories in Carmarthenshire. In the general election in 1796, he had his brother-in-law Dorien Magens run for both Carmarthen and Carmarthenshire, which meant that Magens lost both elections. However, in 1802 he succeeded in getting James Hamlyn Williams and Robert Seymour elected as MPs for the Tories in 1807 before his son came of age and took over the MP. On February 4, 1817, he again took the name Rice.

Other offices

In 1794 de Cardonell was appointed captain officer of the Yeomanry of Carmarthenshire. In 1803 he was Lieutenant Colonel of the Carmarthenshire Volunteers Battalion and in 1808 Colonel of the Militia. In 1821 he became Colonel of the Carmarthenshire Fusiliers . In June 1804 he took over the office of Lord Lieutenant of Carmarthenshire, which he held until his death.

Family and offspring

Rice married Frances Townshend on October 20, 1794, daughter of Secretary Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount Sydney, and Elizabeth Powys. He and his wife had a son and six daughters:

  • George Rice (1795-1869)
  • Frances Rice (1796-1884)
  • Cecil Rice (1797-1883)
  • Harriet Lucy Rice (1799–1879)
  • Caroline Mary Rice (1805-1878)
  • Katherine Sarah Rice (1806-1887)
  • Maria Elizabeth Rice (1815-1905)

His only son George inherited his title.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Cecil de Cardonnel, Baroness Dynevor of Dynevor on thepeerage.com , accessed September 11, 2016.
  2. ↑ Cracroft's Peerage: Dynevor, Baron (GB, 1780). Retrieved February 15, 2015 .
  3. ^ Robert P. Dod: The Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage of Great Britáin and Ireland for 1863 . Whittaker and Company, London 1863, p. 706
predecessor Office successor
Cecil de Cardonell Baron Dynevor
1793-1852 		George Rice-Trevor
personal data
SURNAME Rice, George, 3rd Baron Dynevor
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Rice, George Talbot; De Cardonell, George Talbot, 3rd Baron Dynevor
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British nobleman and politician
DATE OF BIRTH October 8, 1765
DATE OF DEATH April 9, 1852