Francis Rice, 5th Baron Dynevor

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Francis William Rice, 5th Baron Dynevor (May 10, 1804 – August 13, 1878) was a British clergyman and peer. He was the second son of the Reverend Edward Rice, Dean of Gloucester. The Dean was the second son of the 2nd Baroness Dynevor. Rice’s mother was Charlotte Lascelles, the bastard daughter of General Francis Lascelles.

Rice was educated as Westminster School and matriculated at Christ Church, Oxford on 18 October 1822. He received a B.A. in 1826 and was awarded an M.A. in 1847.

From 1827 to 1878 Rice was the Vicar of Fairford, Gloucestershire.

He married twice. His first wife was Harriett Ives Barker, daughter of Daniel Raymond Barker, whom he married on 3 February 1830. Their child was Arthur de Cardonnel FitzUryan Rice, later 6th Baron Dynevor. Francis Rice was widowed on 22 July 1854.

His second wife was Eliza Amelia Knox, first daughter of Rev. Henry Carnegie Knox, the Rector of Lechdale, Gloucestershire. He married her 18 November 1856.

In 1869, upon the death of his cousin, Rice succeeded to the title of Baron Dynevor. He died 3 August 1878 aged 74.