Dictionary of Welsh Biography

MORGAN, GWENLLIAN ELIZABETH FANNY (1852 - 1939), antiquary Born at Devynnock 9 April 1852, daughter of Philip Morgan (family pedigree in Theophilus Jones, History of the County of Brecknock, 3rd ed., iv, 134-6 - and see the article on Thomas Morgan, 1769 - 1851), who was perpetual curate of Pen-pont (1841-64) and of Battle, near Brecon (1859-64), and afterwards, from 1864 till his death in 1868, rector of Llanhamlach. ' Miss Philip Morgan,' as she was
MORGAN, HENRY (1635? - 1688), buccaneer ' and ' by his valour ' to have ' raised himself to what he now is.' He had established himself sufficiently by 1665 to marry Elizabeth, daughter of Edward Morgan of Llanrhymney, who had become deputy-governor of Jamaica in June 1664, and who was, in fact, related to the Morgan family of Tredegar. In 1666 Henry Morgan is found in command of a vessel under the Englishman, Edward Mansfield, a notable
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(N), MAURICE (c. 1725 - 1802), Shakespearian commentator and political writer was descended from the ancient family of Morgan of Blaenbylan in the parish of Clydey, Pembrokeshire, who traced his ancestry, according to a pedigree by William Lewes the antiquarian (Bronwydd MS. 7170), to Llewelyn ap Gwilym of Cryngae (who was an uncle to Dafydd ap Gwilym) and Ednyfed Fychan. Fenton, who knew him and his brother William, states that he was brought up at the family home which
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, ROBERT (1608 - 1673), bishop of Bangor additional Denbighshire living, which, on becoming prebendary of Chester (1 July 1642), he exchanged for Anglesey livings. By buying from the Bulkeley family the unexpired lease of the tithes of Llanddyfnan, Anglesey - which he later presented as an augmentation of the living - he retained this parish when he was extruded from his other preferments during the Interregnum, living with the Lloyd family of
MORGAN, THOMAS (1720 - 1799), Independent minister family,' he removed to Delph, Yorkshire, where hyper-Calvinists bothered him, and thence (1763) to Morley, where he was troubled by Methodists. He had half-promised (1763) to accept a call from Pwllheli, where his father-in-law had been pastor, but withdrew - and he refused a call to Bridgend. He was in vain begged (1766) to return to Henllan. There was talk, in 1777, of appointing him co-tutor with
MORGAN, THOMAS (1543 - c. 1605), Roman Catholic conspirator claimed descent from a ' right worshipful family of Monmouthshire '; D.N.B. surmises this to have been the Morgan family, Llantarnam and David Mathew (Celtic Peoples and Renaissance Europe, 89), those of Machen, but he cannot be fitted into the pedigree of either family as given in Clark, Limbus, 311-3, 322-3. After education at Oxford (college unknown) and service in the households of the bishop
MORGAN, THOMAS JOHN (1907 - 1986), Welsh scholar and writer . Throughout his life he continued to compose poetry and literary essays that appeared in journals and then as collections in 1966, 1969, 1971 and 1972. Many of his essays have a strong autobiographical element, not in the sense that they are personal and family reminiscences but rather that they reveal how the community in the Swansea Valley where he was brought up shaped his attitude to life and gave a
MORGAN, TREFOR RICHARD (1914 - 1970), company director Born 28 January 1914 at Tonyrefail, Glamorganshire, fifth child of Samuel and Edith (née Richards) Morgan. The father's family came from Peterston-super-Ely and the mother's from Llantwit Fardre. The father, a mason, died in the flu epidemic which swept the country in 1918. The mother struggled to raise the children in great poverty. Both sides of the family were committed Baptists, their
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 (1818 - 1884), Congregational minister and college tutor Born 1818 at Henllan Amgoed, Carmarthenshire, a member of a well-to-do family which was prominent in the local Congregational church. He received the best education that was available in the neighbourhood. He was apprenticed to a draper and served as such in Haverfordwest, Carmarthen, and London; when he was in London he became associated with some reforming societies. He returned to Wales, began

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