In the past we have seen how the ancestors of today's Lord Dynevor were once important military and political players in Tudor Wales. When Henry VII awarded the Llandeilo landowner Rhys ap Thomas a knighthood for his support during the Battle of Bosworth in 1485, he however did not award him a title. To the Englishman Rhys ap Thomas was just a small landowner in obscure western Wales and the lack of aristocratic connections in his family tree was not enough to impress the status-conscious English aristocracy. But three hundred years after Bosworth his direct descendants would take that prestigious step into the ranks of English nobility. All that was needed in 1780 was a cunning marriage to an earl's daughter, and killing a king in battle, as Sir Rhys ap Thomas supposedly did in 1485, was no longer seen as a requirement on your CV. Learning to marry well was a much more useful skill to possess and was something that the Rice family of Llandeilo learned particularly well. George Rice of Newton House, Llandeilo (1724-1779) had married the daughter of William Talbot, 1st Earl Talbot, a wealthy and powerful politician in government. Talbot was an MP, Privy Councilor and Minister of War who acted as Lord High Steward of England at the coronation of George III, even carrying the crown at the ceremony, a sure sign that he moved into the highest possible echelons of society. George Rice was related through his mother to the Prime Minister of the time, Lord Newcastle. In 1761 Newcastle appointed George Rice Lord-Commissioner of the Board of Trade and Foreign Plantations with a salary of £1,000 a year (worth over £1 million a year today), showing that Rice knew exactly how to use his family connections. ... middle of sheet ...... 0th Baron Dynevor of Dynevor. For those of aristocratic bent here is a complete list of the ten Dynevor Lords: DYNEVOR BARONS • William Talbot, 1st Earl Talbot, 2nd Baron Talbot, 1st Baron Dynevor (1710–1782) • Cecil de Cardonnel, 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 FitzUryan Rice, 6th Baron Dynevor (1836–1911)• Walter FitzUryan Rice (and Rhys after 1916), 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 (born 1966)The heir presumptive (i.e. next in line to the title) is the current holder's second cousin, Robert David Arthur Rhys.