Biography of Walter FitzUryan Rice 7th Baron Dynevor 1873-1956

Paternal Family Tree: Rice

Maternal Family Tree: Harriet Kinloch Lady Cunliffe 1830

On 4th February 1869 [his father] Arthur Rice 6th Baron Dynevor (age 33) and [his mother] Selina Lascelles (age 28) were married. They were third cousins.

On 17th August 1873 Walter FitzUryan Rice 7th Baron Dynevor was born to [his father] Arthur Rice 6th Baron Dynevor (age 37) and [his mother] Selina Lascelles (age 32).

On 13th August 1878 [his grandfather] Francis Rice Trevor 5th Baron Dynevor (age 74) died. His son [his father] Arthur (age 42) succeeded 6th Baron Dynevor of Dynevor in Camarthenshire.

On 16th December 1889 [his mother] Selina Lascelles (age 48) died at Llandeilo.

On 12th October 1898 Walter FitzUryan Rice 7th Baron Dynevor (age 25) and Margaret Child-Villiers Baroness Dynevor (age 23) were married. She the daughter of Victor Albert George Child-Villiers 7th Earl Jersey (age 53) and Margaret Elizabeth Leigh Countess Jersey (age 48).

In 1899 Thomas Pakenham 5th Earl of Longford (age 34) and [his sister-in-law] Mary Julia Child-Villiers Countess Longford (age 22) were married. She by marriage Countess Longford. She the daughter of [his father-in-law] Victor Albert George Child-Villiers 7th Earl Jersey (age 53) and [his mother-in-law] Margaret Elizabeth Leigh Countess Jersey (age 49). He the son of William Pakenham 4th Earl of Longford and Selina Rice Trevor Countess Longford (age 62).

On 21st September 1899 [his son] Charles Arthur Uryan Rhys 8th Baron Dynevor was born to Walter FitzUryan Rice 7th Baron Dynevor (age 26) and [his wife] Margaret Child-Villiers Baroness Dynevor (age 24).

Between 1900 and 1912. William Edwards Miller (age 48). Portrait of Walter FitzUryan Rice 7th Baron Dynevor (age 26).

Abbot John Whethamstede’s Chronicle of the Abbey of St Albans

Abbot John Whethamstede's Register aka Chronicle of his second term at the Abbey of St Albans, 1451-1461, is a remarkable text that describes his first-hand experience of the beginning of the Wars of the Roses including the First and Second Battles of St Albans, 1455 and 1461, respectively, their cause, and their consequences, not least on the Abbey itself. His text also includes Loveday, Blore Heath, Northampton, the Act of Accord, Wakefield, and Towton, and ends with the Coronation of King Edward IV. In addition to the events of the Wars of the Roses, Abbot John, or his scribes who wrote the Chronicle, include details in the life of the Abbey such as charters, letters, land exchanges, visits by legates, and disputes, which provide a rich insight into the day-to-day life of the Abbey, and the challenges faced by its Abbot.

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On 27th August 1903 [his daughter] Imogen Alice Rice Viscountess Hampden was born to Walter FitzUryan Rice 7th Baron Dynevor (age 30) and [his wife] Margaret Child-Villiers Baroness Dynevor (age 28). She married 1936 her third cousin David Brand 5th Viscount Hampden, son of Thomas Brand 3rd Viscount Hampden and Katharine Mary Montagu-Douglas-Scott, and had issue.

On 18th March 1907 [his son] Captain David Reginald Rhys was born to Walter FitzUryan Rice 7th Baron Dynevor (age 33) and [his wife] Margaret Child-Villiers Baroness Dynevor (age 32). He married 23rd March 1933 Anne Wellesley, daughter of Arthur Charles Wellesley 5th Duke Wellington and Lillian Maud Glen Coats Duchess Wellington.

On 8th October 1908 [his brother-in-law] George Child-Villiers 8th Earl of Jersey (age 35) and Cynthia Almina Needham Countess Jersey were married. She the daughter of Francis Needham 3rd Earl of Kilmorey (age 66). He the son of [his father-in-law] Victor Albert George Child-Villiers 7th Earl Jersey (age 63) and [his mother-in-law] Margaret Elizabeth Leigh Countess Jersey (age 58).

On January 1910 Walter FitzUryan Rice 7th Baron Dynevor (age 36) was elected MP Brighton. He was re-elcted in Decmber.

On 8th June 1911 [his father] Arthur Rice 6th Baron Dynevor (age 75) died at Dynevor Castle [Map]. His son Walter (age 37) succeeded 7th Baron Dynevor of Dynevor in Camarthenshire.

On 31st May 1915 [his father-in-law] Victor Albert George Child-Villiers 7th Earl Jersey (age 70) died at Osterley Park. His son [his brother-in-law] George (age 41) succeeded 8th Earl Jersey, 11th Viscount Grandison, 8th Viscount Villiers, 8th Baron Villiers. Cynthia Almina Needham Countess Jersey by marriage Countess Jersey.

On 31st December 1923 [his brother-in-law] George Child-Villiers 8th Earl of Jersey (age 50) died. His son George (age 13) succeeded 9th Earl Jersey, 12th Viscount Grandison, 9th Viscount Villiers, 9th Baron Villiers.

In 1933 [his sister-in-law] Mary Julia Child-Villiers Countess Longford (age 56) died.

On 23rd March 1933 [his son] Captain David Reginald Rhys (age 26) and [his daughter-in-law] Anne Wellesley (age 23) were married. She the daughter of Arthur Charles Wellesley 5th Duke Wellington (age 56) and Lillian Maud Glen Coats Duchess Wellington (age 48).

In 1936 [his son-in-law] David Brand 5th Viscount Hampden (age 33) and [his daughter] Imogen Alice Rice Viscountess Hampden (age 32) were married. They were third cousins.

The History of William Marshal, Earl of Chepstow and Pembroke, Regent of England. Book 1 of 2, Lines 1-10152.

The History of William Marshal was commissioned by his son shortly after William’s death in 1219 to celebrate the Marshal’s remarkable life; it is an authentic, contemporary voice. The manuscript was discovered in 1861 by French historian Paul Meyer. Meyer published the manuscript in its original Anglo-French in 1891 in two books. This book is a line by line translation of the first of Meyer’s books; lines 1-10152. Book 1 of the History begins in 1139 and ends in 1194. It describes the events of the Anarchy, the role of William’s father John, John’s marriages, William’s childhood, his role as a hostage at the siege of Newbury, his injury and imprisonment in Poitou where he met Eleanor of Aquitaine and his life as a knight errant. It continues with the accusation against him of an improper relationship with Margaret, wife of Henry the Young King, his exile, and return, the death of Henry the Young King, the rebellion of Richard, the future King Richard I, war with France, the death of King Henry II, and the capture of King Richard, and the rebellion of John, the future King John. It ends with the release of King Richard and the death of John Marshal.

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On 8th June 1956 Walter FitzUryan Rice 7th Baron Dynevor (age 82) died. His son Charles (age 56) succeeded 8th Baron Dynevor of Dynevor in Camarthenshire.

In 1959 [his former wife] Margaret Child-Villiers Baroness Dynevor (age 84) died.