Charles Rhys, 8th Baron Dynevor

Charles Rhys
Member of Parliament
for Guildford
In office
1931–1935
Preceded bySir Henry Buckingham
Succeeded bySir John Jarvis
Member of Parliament
for Romford
In office
1923–1929
Preceded byAlbert Edward Martin
Succeeded byHenry Thomas Muggeridge
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Prime Minister
In office
1927–1929
Prime MinisterStanley Baldwin
Preceded bySir Sidney Herbert, 1st Baronet
Succeeded byLauchlan MacNeill Weir
Personal details
Born
Charles Arthur Uryan Rhys

(1899-09-21)21 September 1899
Died15 December 1962(1962-12-15) (aged 63)
Political party Conservative
SpouseHope Mary Woodbine (m. 1934)
RelativesWalter Rice, 7th Baron Dynevor
Richard Rhys, 9th Baron Dynevor
EducationEton College
Alma materRoyal Military College, Sandhurst
Military service
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Branch/serviceBritish Army
RankLieutenant
UnitGrenadier Guards

Charles Arthur Uryan Rhys, 8th Baron Dynevor CBE (21 September 1899 – 15 December 1962), was a British peer and politician. He was the son of Walter FitzUryan Rice, 7th Baron Dynevor.[1]

Rhys was educated at Eton and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, and was commissioned into the Grenadier Guards. In 1919 he was awarded the Order of St. Anne of Russia. He resigned his commission as a Lieutenant in 1920. He was appointed deputy lieutenant for Carmarthenshire in 1925 and a justice of the peace in 1931.

Rhys served as a Conservative Member of Parliament for Romford from 1923 until 1929, when defeated by Labour's H.T. Muggeridge. He returned to the House of Commons two years later, when he was elected at an unopposed by-election in 1931 as MP for Guildford, holding the seat until he stood down at the 1935 United Kingdom general election. He was Parliamentary Private Secretary to Stanley Baldwin from 1927 to 1929.

On 29 September 1934 he married Hope Mary Woodbine who had formerly been the wife of Captain Arthur Granville Soames, OBE, of the Coldstream Guards.

Rhys served as Deputy Chairman of the Sun Insurance Company and as Chairman of the Cities of London and Westminster Conservative Association from 1948 until 1960. He was also the Governor of the National Museum of Wales.

From 1950 until 1962 Rhys was President of the University College of South Wales and Monmouthshire, (now called Cardiff University).

When he died at the age of 63, death duties previously incurred by the 7th Baron had not been paid, placing an intolerable financial burden on the next in line of descent, his son Richard Charles Uryan Rhys, 9th Baron Dynevor.

Coat of arms of Charles Rhys, 8th Baron Dynevor
Crest
A raven Sable.
Escutcheon
Argent a chevron between three ravens Sable.
Supporters
Dexter a griffin per fess Or and Argent wings addorsed and inverted tail between the legs, sinister a talbot Argent collared flory counterflory Gules ears Ermine and charged on the shoulder with a trefoil slipped Vert.
Motto
Secret Et Hardi (Secret And Bold))[2]

References

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  1. ^ "genealogy". Archived from the original on 15 August 2006. Retrieved 11 February 2006.
  2. ^ Debrett's Peerage. 1973.
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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Baby of the House
1923–1924
Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Romford
19231929
Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Guildford
19311935
Succeeded by
Government offices
Preceded by Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Prime Minister
1927–1929
Succeeded by
Peerage of Great Britain
Preceded by Baron Dynevor
1956–1962
Succeeded by