Editing Tim Rice (section)

==Early life==
Rice was born at [[Shardeloes]], a historic [[English country house]] near [[Amersham]], [[Buckinghamshire]], that was requisitioned as a maternity hospital during the [[Second World War]]. His father, Hugh Gordon Rice (1917–1988),<ref name="auto">Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage, 107th edition, vol. 3, Burke's Peerage Ltd, 2003, p. 3327</ref> served with the [[Eighth Army (United Kingdom)|Eighth Army]] and reached the rank of [[Major (rank)|major]] during the Second World War, and afterward worked for the [[De Havilland]] Aircraft Company, becoming Far East representative, and for the [[Her Majesty's Diplomatic Service|Diplomatic Service]], including as adviser to the [[Department for International Development#History|Ministry of Overseas Development]] at [[Amman]], [[Jordan]]. Rice's mother, Joan Odette (née Bawden; 1919–2009), daughter of an entrepreneur in the London fashion trade, served in the [[Women's Auxiliary Air Force]] (WAAF) as a photographic interpreter, and in her eighties became known as a writer on the publication of her wartime diaries.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thetimes.com/comment/register/article/joan-rice-author-of-sand-in-my-shoes-29mrdr920bl|title=Joan Rice: author of Sand in My Shoes|access-date=15 July 2020|website=[[The Times]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/alt.obituaries/WcWfpRVR5Is|title=Google Groups|website=Groups.google.com|access-date=15 July 2020}}</ref><ref name="filmreference.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.filmreference.com/film/38/Tim-Rice.html|title=Tim Rice profile|publisher=Filmreference.com|access-date=28 September 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/article601064.ece |work=[[The Times]] |location=London |title=Granny had a ball during the blitz |date=6 August 2006 |access-date=25 May 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110908095217/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/article601064.ece |archive-date=8 September 2011 }}</ref>