Dictionary of Welsh Biography

MORGAN, ELENA PUW (1900 - 1973), novelist, author of fiction and short stories for children prevented her from going on to university, a fact she regretted and which may have contributed to her relative lack of confidence in her own literary abilities. In 1931 she married John Morgan, a local tailor and outfitter, who also had strong literary and political interests. They had a daughter, Catrin, born in 1933. Their household in Annedd Wen, Corwen, was a centre of cultural activity and they had
MORGAN, ELIZABETH (1705 - 1773), gardener Elizabeth Morgan was born in Shrewsbury where she was christened at St. Chad's church on 5 November 1705. She was the second eldest of five children and only daughter of John Davies (1668/9–1732), a minister, and his wife Honora (née Sneyd, 1668-1714). Her father was a son of Mutton Davies of Gwysanau, Flintshire and Llannerch, Denbighshire. Her mother Honora was the daughter of Ralph and Frances
MORGAN, EVAN FREDERIC (2nd VISCOUNT TREDEGAR), (1893 - 1949), poet, artist, soldier, and statesman military career. He was for a time private secretary to the Parliamentary Secretary at the Ministry of Labour, and to Sir George Riddell when he was representing the British Press at the Paris Peace Conference. After the war he acted as a liaison officer for Wales for the British Legion and was a patron of hospitals and philanthropic movements. He served as almoner for Wales of the Order of St. John
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, GEORGE OSBORNE (1826 - 1897), politician Son of the Rev. Morgan Morgan, vicar of Conway from 1838 to 1870 (and a son of David Morgan, Llanfihangel-Geneu'r-Glyn and his wife Avarina Richards, a member of Ffos-y-bleiddiaid family (see under Vaughan Lloyd), and Fanny Nonnen daughter of John Nonnen, Gothenburg, Sweden. He was born 8 May 1826 at Gothenburg, where his father was a chaplain. Educated at Friars school, Bangor, Shrewsbury school
MORGAN, HECTOR DAVIES (1785 - 1850), cleric and theological writer only son of Hector Davies and Sophia his wife; born (in London ?) in 1785. Upon his grandfather's death in 1800 he succeeded to the name and arms of Morgan, adopted by his grandfather on his (second) marriage with Christiana, niece and heiress of John Morgan of Cardigan (1686 - 1763?). Educated at Trinity College, Oxford, he took his B.A. in 1806 and his M.A. in 1815, and was for 37 years curate
MORGAN, HERBERT (1875 - 1946), minister (B), university lecturer, and director of extra-mural studies responsibilities. His last work, Reason and religion, 1946, is a liberal theologian's reaction to the teaching of Karl Barth, which was gaining ground in some circles in Wales. He was a biblical scholar but this aspect of his learning is represented only by a Welsh commentary, with John Gwili Jenkins on portions of the Book of Isaiah, 1908, and articles in Y Geiriadur Beiblaidd (1926). He married Mrs. James, a
MORGAN, HYWEL RHODRI (1939 - 2017), politician Rhodri Morgan was born on 29 September 1939 in Cardiff, the second son of Thomas John ('T.J.') Morgan, a university lecturer, and his wife Huana (née Rees, 1906-2005), a teacher. His older brother Prys was born in 1937. The family had a strong academic and political heritage. Huana's father, John Rees, was a parish councillor in Swansea, while her grandfather, Thomas, had been a leading figure in
MORGAN, IWAN JAMES (1904 - 1966), extra-mural tutor and politician Born 1904 at Tondu, Glamorganshire, the son of John James Morgan (1870 - 1954), the head teacher of Garw secondary school, 1909-35. He was educated at Bridgend County School and the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, where he graduated with honours in economics in 1926. He was awarded the degree of M.A. in 1929 for a thesis on the ' Origins and Development of the University Movement in
MORGAN, JENKIN (d. 1762), Independent minister the North, and as William Prichard had been driven to settle in Anglesey, he too went there. By that time the early concord between Independents and Methodists in North Wales (as elsewhere) had suffered some eclipse. An Independent church was formed, in 1744, at the house of a yeoman named John Owen, Caeau Môn, in Cerrig-Ceinwen parish, and Morgan was ordained as its pastor at Watford
MORGAN, JOHN (1662 - 1701), cleric and author Born 1662; a native of Merioneth. Ordained deacon in 1684, and priest in 1685, he was curate of Llanllechid and Aber, Caernarfonshire, from 1685 till 1693(?). He then studied at Oxford, probably till 1697, when he became vicar of Aberconwy (Conway). He is not to be confused with John Morgan, vicar of Matchin (1688? - 1734?), his contemporary. At Conway he wrote his Bloeddnad Ofnadwy yr Utcorn
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

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