Walter Rice (MP)

Last updated

Sir Walter Rice was a Welsh politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1584 and 1611.

Rice was the only son of Griffith Rice of Newton, Llandefaisant who was High Sheriff of Carmarthenshire in 1567.

In 1584, he was elected Member of Parliament for Carmarthenshire. He was High Sheriff of Carmarthenshire for 1586 and served as a Deputy Lieutenant for Carmarthenshire from 1598 to 1608. In 1601 he was elected MP for Carmarthen and was knighted on 23 July 1603. In 1604 he was re-elected MP for Carmarthen. [1]

Rice married Elizabeth, the daughter of Sir Edward Mansel of Margam. [1] They had 4 sons and 7 daughters.

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Walter Rice, 7th Baron Dynevor</span> British military officer, civil servant and Conservative politician

Walter FitzUryan Rice, 7th Baron Dynevor was a British military officer, civil servant and Conservative politician. He was the only son and heir of the 6th Baron Dynevor.

Carmarthenshire was a parliamentary constituency in Wales which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom until its representation was increased to two members for the 1832 general election.

Sir Henry Vaughan the elder was a Welsh politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1621 and 1644. He was a Royalist leader during the English Civil War.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Walter Devereux, 5th Viscount Hereford</span> English politician

Sir Walter Devereux, 5th Viscount Hereford, 2nd Baronet of Castle Bromwich, was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times, between 1614 and 1624, before succeeding to the family Viscountcy in the peerage of England.

James Philipps was a Welsh politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1653 and 1662. He was a supporter of the Parliamentary cause during the English Civil War.

David Pugh was a Welsh landowner and Liberal Party politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1857 until 1868 and again from 1885 until his death in 1890.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">W. R. H. Powell</span> British politician (1819–1889)

Walter Rice Howell Powell was a Welsh landowner and Liberal politician. He was Member of Parliament for Carmarthenshire from 1880 until 1885 and for West Carmarthenshire from 1885 until his death in 1889.

Rowland Dawkins was a Welsh military colonel and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1654 and 1656. He was a zealous supporter of the Commonwealth.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Thomas Freke (died 1633)</span> English merchant and politician

Sir Thomas Freke was an English merchant adventurer and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1584 and 1626.

Walter Chetwynd was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1584 and 1614.

Sir Charles Vaughan (1584-1630) was a Welsh landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1614 and 1625.

Sir Richard Pryse was a Welsh politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1584.

Alban Stepney or Stepneth was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1572 and 1611.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Edward Giles</span> English politician (1566–1637)

Sir Edward Giles (1566–1637) of Bowden House, Ashprington, near Totnes, Devon, was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1597 and 1629.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">George Rice (died 1779)</span> British politician (1724–1779)

George Rice was a Welsh politician and courtier. He became Vice-Admiral of Carmarthen, Lord Lieutenant of Carmarthenshire, and Lord Commissioner of the board of trade under the Duke of Newcastle.

Sir Walter Covert was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons several times during the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries.

John Vaughan was a Welsh politician.

Sir William Brouncker was an English barrister and member of parliament.

John Adams was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1774 and 1780.

Richard Vaughan MP of Derwydd, Carmarthenshire was a Welsh lawyer and Whig politician who sat in the English and British House of Commons for nearly 40 years from 1685 to 1724.

References

Parliament of England
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Carmarthenshire
1584
Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Carmarthen
1601–1611
Succeeded by