RICE, VINCENT, son of Rev. David Rice, Vicar of Ambleston, Pembrokeshire, and Jane --- (IGI); b.; adm.; KS (Capt. ) 1695; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1699, adm. pens. 20 Jun 1699, aged 19, scholar 12 Apr 1700, matr. 1699/1700; BA 1702/3; ordained deacon (Ely) 20 Sep 1702, priest (Lincoln) 23 May 1703; Rector of Fretherne, Gloucs., from 21 Dec 1720; an interesting letter from Rice’s father in reference to the conduct of the election of 1699 is preserved at Trinity Coll. Cambridge (printed Elizabethan iii, 101); buried Frampton-on-Severn, Gloucs., 25 Nov 1734.

RICE, PERCY JOHN, brother of Horatio Morgan Rice (qv); b. 8 Jan 1810; adm. 19 Jan 1825 (G); Ensign, 51st Foot 14 Aug 1828; Lieut., 28 Nov 1834; Capt., 2 Sep 1837; Maj., 28 Dec 1849; d. unm. at Bangalore, India 22 May 1850.

RICE, JOHN ADAMSON, son of Henry Rice, and Sarah Sampson (IGI); b. Dover, Kent 29 Mar 1778; adm.; KS 1793; Writer, EICS Madras 1796; arrived in India 1 Oct 1798; Second Assistant to Collector, Canara 1799; d. at Madras 21 Oct 1799.

RICE, HORATIO MORGAN, eldest son of Rev. John Morgan Rice, Royal Crescent, Brighton, Sussex, and Elizabeth, eldest dau. of William Holmes, Westcombe Park, Blackheath, Kent; b. 12 Nov 1805; adm. 5 Jun 1817 (G); Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 6 May 1823; BA 1827; ordained deacon 1829, priest 1830 (both Chichester); Curate, Rye, Sussex; Rector of South Hill, Cornwall, from 1841; m. 23 Jun 1841 Emily Beatrice, youngest dau. of Adm. John Dick, Saling Hall, Essex; d. 20 Oct 1863.

RICE, FRANCIS WILLIAM, 5TH BARON DINEVOR, son of Hon. Edward Rice (qv); b. 10 May 1804; adm. 26 Apr 1813; KS 1818; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 18 Oct 1822; BA 1826; MA 1847; ordained deacon and priest 1828 (both Gloucester); Vicar of Fairford, Gloucs., from 22 Dec 1828; succ. cousin as 5th Baron Dinevor 7 Oct 1869; m. 1st, 3 Feb 1830 Harriet Ives, dau. of Daniel Raymond Barker, Fairford Park, Gloucs.; m. 2nd, 18 Nov 1856 Eliza Amelia, eldest dau. of Rev. Henry Carnegie Knox, Rector of Lechlade, Gloucs.; d. 3 Aug 1878.

RICE, HON. EDWARD, brother of George Talbot Rice, 3rd Baron Dinevor (qv); b. 19 Nov 1776; in school list Dec 1788; up Clapham’s; left Easter 1794; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 16 May 1794; BA 1798; MA 1802; BD and DD 1820; Fellow of All Souls Coll. 1798; ordained; Precentor of York from 7 May 1802; Vicar of Sutton in the Forest, Yorks., 29 Dec 1803; Vicar of Great Rissington, Gloucs., and Great Barrington, Gloucs., 29 Sep 1810-56; Prebendary of Worcester 19 Sep 1815 – Jan 1826; Rector of Oddington, Gloucs., from 12 Jul 1820; Dean of Gloucester from 19 Jan 1826; m. 9 Jul 1800 Charlotte, second dau. of Gen. Francis Lascelles; d. 15 Aug 1862.

Ricci, Martin John Da Costa, son of John Barnes Da Costa Ricci (q.v.); b. Feb. 6, 1893; adm. May 4, 1906 (G); left Dec. 1910; d. Nov. 6, 1918.

RICCI, JOHN BARNES DA COSTA, son of Baron Anselmo Jose Da Costa Ricci, Portuguese Legation, London, and Anna Russell Barnes (IGI); b. 9 Oct 1866; adm. 21 Apr 1879 (G); left Aug 1882; First Clerk, Secretary’s Department, Bank of England; m. 26 Apr 1892 Lylie Freeman, dau. of Martin Schultz, Philadelphia, USA; d. 5 Feb 1917.

Rhys-Roberts, Thomas Esmor, son of Arthur Rhys-Roberts, official Solicitor of the Supreme Court, and Dilys Elizabeth, d. of Edward John Jones of Mold, Flintshire; b. 22 Apr. 1910; adm. Sept. 1923 (A); left Apr. 1928; RMC Sandhurst (Prize Cadet), 2nd Lieut. East Lancaster Regt Jan. 1930, Lieut. Jan. 1932, RARO 1935; called to the Bar (Gray's Inn) June 1938; Wales and Chester circuit; Princess Louise's Kensington Regt (TA) 1939-45 (Lieut.-Col.), wounded (Italy) 1943, GM (Italy) Feb. 1944 for conspicuous gallantry in unhitching a blazing wagon from an ammunition train; chairman Med. Appeals Tribunal (Wales) 1954, dep. Stipendiary Magistrate Cardiff; QC 1972; m. 9 June 1939 Barbara Ruth, d. of Harold Eccles DLJP, of Balderstone, Lancs; d. 6 June 1975.

RHODES, RICHARD, son of Benjamin Rhodes, St. James, Clerkenwell, London, and Maulden, Beds., Steward to Earls of Elgin, and Anne Glover, St. James, Clerkenwell, gentlewoman to Countess of Elgin; bapt. St. James Clerkenwell 27 Dec 1640 (IGI); adm. 17 Sep 1655; a boarder; KS; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1658, matr. 31 Jul 1658, aged 18, Westminster Student; BA 22 Mar 1661/2; Montpelier Univ. (degree in medicine); travelled in Spain; described by Wood as “a confident Westmonasterian, a violinist to hold between his knees” (Ath. Oxon., i, xxxv); his play, Flora’s Vagaries, published in 1670, was acted by the Students of Christ Church 8 Jan 1663/4 (Thompson, Christ Church, 95-6), and afterwards in London, where the part of Flora was taken by Nell Gwyn; m.; d. at Madrid 1668. DNB.