Baron Dynevor

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Baron Dinevor, of Dinevor in the County of Carmarthenshire (usually spelt Dynevor), is a title in the Peerage of Great Britain. It was created in 1780 for William Talbot, 1st Earl Talbot and 2nd Baron Talbot, with remainder to his daughter Cecil, wife of George Rice, a member of a prominent Welsh family. On Lord Talbot's death the earldom became extinct because he left no sons to succeed to it, while the barony of Talbot was inherited by his nephew. The Barony of Dynevor passed according to the special remainder to his daughter. The present holder of the barony is the half-brother of the Conservative politician Christopher Soames, Baron Soames.

The Dynevors claim descent from the fifteenth century Rhys ap Thomas who had been granted extensive lands throughout west Wales as a reward for raising an army in support of Henry VII's usurpation in 1485.

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