Dictionary of Welsh Biography

MORGAN family Tredegar Park, from Bledri was LLYWELYN AB IFOR, lord of S. Clears and Gwynfe, who married Angharad, the daughter and sole heir of Sir Morgan ap Maredydd, said to be descended from the Welsh lords of Caerleon and, in her right, acquired the estates of Tredegar and Cyfoeth Feredydd. Of this union there were three children, MORGAN of Tredegar and S. Clears, Ifor Hael, the ancestor of the branch of the family at Gwern
MORGAN (fl. 1294), rebel He was the leader of the Glamorgan insurgents during the rising of Madog ap Llywelyn in 1294-5. Owing to personal grievances against the De Clares, he claimed to be at war only against the lords of Glamorgan. He may, therefore, have been Morgan ap Maredudd, a direct descendant of Rhydderch ap Iestyn; his father, Maredudd, the last native lord of Caerleon, had been deprived twenty years earlier by
MORGAN, WILLIAM (1750 - 1833), actuary and scientist William Morgan was born in Newcastle, Bridgend, Glamorgan, on 26 May 1750, the third of eight children and the first son of William Morgan (1708-1772), apothecary and doctor, and his wife Sarah (née Price, 1726-1803), sister of the philosopher Richard Price. The precise date of his birth is given by Caroline Williams, the family biographer and great-niece of William, but the date on his tomb is 6
MORGAN, CLIFFORD (Cliff) ISAAC (1930 - 2013), rugby player, sports writer and broadcaster, media executive Cliff Morgan was born on 7 April 1930 at 159 Top Trebanog Road, Trebanog in the Rhondda Valley, the only child of Clifford Morgan (1901-1972), a coal miner, and his wife Edna May (née Thomas, 1907-1962). His father was a talented footballer who had been offered professional terms by Tottenham Hotspur in the months leading up to Cliff's birth, but rejected the offer. Although English was the
MORGAN, EVAN (1809 - 1853), Calvinistic Methodist minister and author Born in 1809, son of Evan Morgan, an elder in the old Zion chapel at Cardiff. He and his brother, Thomas Morgan (1816-1858), were monumental masons. He began to preach in 1830, at the same time as Edward Matthews who was a great friend of the family. In 1841 he was ordained at the Llangeitho association; he had already, in 1836, married Mary Morgan of Clun-hir, Pontardulais. He spent the whole of
MORGAN, JOHN (1743 - 1801), cleric Born in Cardiganshire. A list of priests in the Bangor diocese (1778) notes Morgan, curate of Llanberis, as being aged 38. He may, therefore, have been born in 1740. NLW Cwrtmawr MS. 56iiB has the name 'John Morgan, Gorsvawr, Lledrod', perhaps indicating his birthplace. He was educated at Ystrad Meurig, was curate of Gwnnws and Lledrod, Cardiganshire, for a period which ended in December 1771. In
MORGAN, HENRY (1635? - 1688), buccaneer Numerous attempts have been made to identify the parents of Henry Morgan, all based on the assumption that he was related to the Morgan familyof Tredegar. These attempts have all proved unsatisfactory. The following entry in the Bristol Apprentice Books (Servants to Foreign Plantations) can be regarded with virtual certainty as referring to him: ' 1655, February 9. Henry Morgan of Abergavenny
MORGAN, FRANK ARTHUR (1844 - 1907) Frank Arthur Morgan was born on 24 February 1844 at Cae Forgan, Llanrhidian, Gower, the third son of Charles Morgan (1796-1857), barrister of Lincoln's Inn, farmer and landowner, and his wife Caroline, daughter of Rev. John James (1772-1850) and his first wife, Jane Gammon, of Penmaen. The Morgan family were successful London barristers, with estates in Berkshire and Buckinghamshire, as well as
MORGAN, JOHN (1688? - 1734?) Matchin, cleric, scholar, and author Born in 1688 or 1689 - he was 16 at his matriculation from Jesus College, Oxford, on 16 March 1704/5. His father was Edward Morgan(s) (son of John Morgans, ' gent,' of Llan-ym-Mawddwy), perpetual curate of Llangelynnin, Meironnydd, from 1672 till 1701; and he had a brother, EDWARD MORGAN, who matriculated with him, although two years older. Edward Morgan the younger was vicar of Towyn, Meironnydd
MORGAN, MORGAN PARRY (1876 - 1964), minister of religion (CM) and powerful preacher Born 8 July 1876, in Llanafan, Cardiganshire, the only son of David Morgan, Brynseir, Lledrod, Cardiganshire, and Catherine (née Parry) his wife, daughter of Morgan Parry, surveyor of the Trawscoed estate. When he was six years old the family moved to Pontycymer, Glamorganshire, where they became members at Bethel church (CM). He was educated at Pontycymer board school, but laid great stress on
MORGAN, Sir WALTER VAUGHAN (1831 - 1916), lord mayor of London Born 3 May 1831, sixth son of Thomas Morgan of Pipton, Glasbury, Brecknock - on the family, see Theophilus Jones, History of the County of Brecknock, 3rd ed., iii, 90. Because of the family's financial losses, several of the sons went up to London, where they were remarkably successful. Walter Vaughan Morgan was for ten years (1846-56) in the service of the National Provincial Bank in various
MORGAN, WILLIAM (1623 - 1689), Jesuit Born 1623 at Cilcain, Flintshire, son of Henry Morgan and Winefrid Gwynne. He was educated at Westminster School and in 1640 went to Trinity College, Cambridge, according to Foley, although his name does not appear in the registers either of that college or of any other Cambridge college. After two years there, he is said to have been expelled for espousing the cause of king Charles. He was taken

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