Margaret Haig Mackworth, 2nd Viscountess Rhondda was a Welsh peeress, businesswoman and active suffragette who was significant in the history of women's suffrage in the United Kingdom.

David Alfred Thomas, 1st Viscount Rhondda, PC, was a Welsh industrialist and Liberal politician. He was UK Member of Parliament (MP) for Merthyr Tydfil from 1888 until the January 1910 general election, then MP for Cardiff until the December 1910 general election, when he left politics to concentrate on his business interests. He was made a member of the Privy Council in 1916. He later held office, notably as "Food Controller" in Lloyd George's wartime coalition government.