Dictionary of Welsh Biography

MORGAN, GEORGE OSBORNE (1826 - 1897), politician he seconded Henry Richard's resolution on the Welsh evictions after the election of 1868, and in 1870 he introduced the burials bill, permitting any Christian service in a parish churchyard, a direct result of what had happened at the funeral of Henry Rees in the previous year. Osborne Morgan introduced this bill in ten successive sessions until, in 1880, it was passed. In 1870 he also introduced
MORGAN, GWENLLIAN ELIZABETH FANNY (1852 - 1939), antiquary . Williams of Tal-y-bont on Usk, and wrote the biography included in the volume Theophilus Jones, Historian. Her major interest, however, was in the poet Henry Vaughan. She discovered many facts concerning his early life, and when, in 1895, she met the American Louise Imogen Gurney (1861 - 1920), another 'specialist' on Vaughan, they agreed to bring out an edition of the poet's works, with biographical and
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, HENRY (d. 1559), bishop
MORGAN, HENRY ARTHUR (1830 - 1912), Master of Jesus College, Cambridge - see MORGAN, GEORGE OSBORNE
MORGAN, JENKIN (d. 1762), Independent minister The date and place of his birth are unknown; Thomas Rees thought he had good grounds for placing it in the neighbourhood of Caerphilly; Richard Bennett (Blynyddoedd Cyntaf Methodistiaeth, 194-5) thought he hailed from the Vale of Neath, and added that he had been member of Blaen-gwrach congregation under Henry Davies (1696? - 1766). It should be noted, however, that his name does not appear in
MORGAN, THOMAS (1543 - c. 1605), Roman Catholic conspirator Protestant advisers known as Leycester's Commonwealth, of which Walsingham was convinced that Morgan was the principal author; Mary believed it was on this account that Elizabeth's government implicated him in Parry's 'plot' to give grounds for a demand for his extradition. Although Henry III dared not offend Spain by complying, he kept Morgan in the Bastille (1585-90), where he continued his
MORGAN, Sir THOMAS (1604 - 1679), soldier was the son and heir of Lewis Morgan of Llangattock, Monmouth (not the brother of Sir Henry Morgan, as in Clark, Limbus Patrum, 315, but probably his nephew). He inherited lands in Monmouthshire and acquired others, but spent most of his life in England and abroad. At 16, having at that time little knowledge of any language but Welsh, he enlisted in Sir Horace Vere's Protestant volunteer
MORGAN, THOMAS JOHN (1907 - 1986), Welsh scholar and writer college team and gained first-class honours in Welsh in 1928. Professor Henry Lewis, the head of department would nurture a generation of outstanding researchers in linguistics over the following years and T. J. Morgan was drawn to research the syntax of the verb in Middle Welsh. He spent the academic year 1929-30 in University College Dublin studying Old Irish with Osborn Bergin and he submitted his MA
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
MORRIS, CAREY (1882 - 1968), artist Born 17 May 1882 at Llandeilo, Carmarthenshire, son of Benjamin and Elizabeth Boynes Morris. He attended Llandeilo county school, and soon rebelled against the Board of Education's mechanical method of teaching art. He went to the Slade in London, and excelled in the study of anatomy under the instruction of Henry Tonks. In 1911 he married Jessie Phillips, and became a member of the numerous
MORRIS, JOHN (1813 - 1896), Independent college principal Born at Carmarthen in 1813. He was intended for the law, but turned to preaching, went to the grammar school of David Peter at Carmarthen, and thence (1833) to Blackburn Independent College. He was pastor at Saddleworth (1837-42) and Morley (1842-54). On the resignation of Henry Griffiths, he was appointed principal of Brecon Independent College in 1854, which in 1869 was removed to its buildings

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