Dictionary of Welsh Biography

MANSEL, BUSSY (1623 - 1699) Briton Ferry, parliamentary commander and Member of Parliament death in 1706, was succeeded in the ownership of the Briton Ferry estate by BUSSY, 4th baron Mansel, who married (2) lady Barbara, daughter of William, 2nd earl of Jersey.
MARSHALL, WALTER CHARLES (1932 - 1996), scientist Maxwell Medal from the Institute of Physics in 1964, and was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1971. In 1973 he was awarded a CBE, and was knighted in 1982. He was made a Freeman of the City of London in 1984 and was awarded an honorary fellowship by St Hugh's College, Oxford. He was awarded a life peerage by the Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher, and became Baron Marshall of Goring in July 1985
MERTHYR of SENGHENYDD, 1st Baron - see LEWIS, WILLIAM THOMAS
MERTHYR TYDFIL, 1st Baron EVANS of - see EVANS, HORACE
MILFORD, 1st Baron - see PHILIPPS, LAURENCE RICHARD
MILFORD, 2nd Baron - see PHILIPPS, WOGAN
MORGAN family Tredegar Park, - 1846). He was Member of Parliament for the borough of Brecon, 1787-96, and for Monmouthshire, 1796-1831. In 1818 he unsuccessfully contested Brecknock against colonel Thomas Wood. He was famed for his liberality and did much to promote agriculture in Breconshire and Monmouthshire. Among his children by his first wife were CHARLES MORGAN ROBINSON MORGAN (1792 - 1875), the first baron Tredegar, CHARLES
MORGAN, CHARLES OCTAVIUS SWINNERTON (1803 - 1888), antiquary and local historian Born 15 September 1803, fourth son of Sir Charles Morgan, 2nd bart. of Ealing, Middlesex, and Tredegar Park, Monmouth, by Mary Margaret, daughter of capt. George Stoney, R.N.; he was, therefore, a brother of the first baron Tredegar. He entered Christ Church, Oxford, 26 June 1822 (B.A. 1825, M.A. 1832). He was a justice of the peace and deputy-lieutenant of Monmouthshire, and he represented that
MORGAN, EVAN FREDERIC (2nd VISCOUNT TREDEGAR), (1893 - 1949), poet, artist, soldier, and statesman Born 13 July 1893 at 33 Cadogan Terrace, London, only son of Courtenay Evan Morgan, 3rd Baron Tredegar and 1st Viscount of the 1926 creation and Lady Katherine A. Blanche Carnegie, daughter of the ninth Earl Southesk. His sister, Gwyneth Erica (born 5 January 1895) died in unexplained circumstances in December 1924: her body was found in the Thames and an open verdict was recorded at the ensuing
MORRIS, JOHN WILLIAM (1896 - 1979), lawyer and judge 1955, he was appointed as an independent referee to determine some vital points in the government dispute with the Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen. In 1960 he was made a life peer with the title Baron Morris of Borth-y-Gest, and for the next fifteen years he was a member of the Appellate Committee of the House of Lords. He is considered to be one of the three leading Welsh
MORTIMER, ROGER de (1256? - 1326), lord of Chirk third son of Roger de Mortimer, sixth baron of Wigmore (see preceding article), and Matilda, daughter of William de Braose. His first connection with Chirkland came in 1282, when he was granted the lands of Llywelyn Fychan, comprising the area around Chirk, the practical effect of the grant being to set up in his favour a new marcher lordship of Chirk. He was called upon to play a conspicuous
MOSTYN family Mostyn Hall, According to the History of the Family of Mostyn of Mostyn, 1925, compiled by the 3rd baron Mostyn and T. Allen Glenn, the land upon which the present Mostyn Hall stands 'was acquired about five centuries ago by the marriage of IEUAN FYCHAN (died 1457), of Pengwern, Llangollen (and Tre Castell, Anglesey), with ANGHARAD daughter and heiress of HYWEL (or Howel), son of TUDUR AP ITHEL FYCHAN, and

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