Polycrystalline samples of Ba5RTi3Nb7O30 [R = Nd, Eu, Gd], were prepared using high-temperature solid-state reaction technique. Preliminary X-ray structural analysis of the compounds shows the formation of single phase compounds (orthorhombic crystal system) at room temperature. Detailed studies of dielectric properties (epsilon, tan delta, sigma) as a function of frequency (400 Hz to 10 kHz) and temperature (30 degrees to 380 degrees C) show that these compounds exhibit diffuse ferroelectric phase transition.