Dictionary of Welsh Biography

MORGAN, Sir CHARLES (1575? - 1643?), soldier was the fourth son of Edward Morgan (1530 - 1585) of Pen-carn, Monmouth, and of Frances Leigh of London. His family, a younger branch of the Morgan family of Tredegar, had acquired Pencarn through the marriage of his great-grand-father. Following the military bent of his uncle, Sir Thomas Morgan ' the Warrior ' (died 1595), and his elder brother Sir MATTHEW MORGAN (knighted by Essex at Rouen
MORGAN, CHARLES LANGBRIDGE (Menander; 1894 - 1958), drama critic, novelist, playwright Born 22 January 1894, youngest child of Sir Charles Langbridge Morgan, engineer, and Mary (née Watkins) his wife. His grandparents had emigrated from Pembrokeshire to Australia where his parents were married. He was trained in the Royal Navy from 1907 and became a naval officer, but he resigned in 1913 to lead a literary life, though he returned to serve in the navy during both World Wars. He
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, CLIFFORD (Cliff) ISAAC (1930 - 2013), rugby player, sports writer and broadcaster, media executive 2001 after the death of his first wife in 1999. Latterly, Morgan had suffered with cancer of the vocal chords and had to have his larynx removed, cruelly robbing him of the distinctive voice that had given him his broadcasting career. He died on 29 August 2013, and his funeral was held at Holy Trinity Church, Bembridge, with speakers Max Boyce and the Barbarians' try scorer, Sir Gareth Edwards, who
MORGAN, DAVID (1779 - 1858), Independent minister and historian Daniel Jones). Catherine's first husband was Joseph David Jones. He was one of the leaders of his denomination and was a well-known and active Liberal. He wrote a great deal to the Dysgedydd and was one of those who contributed articles to John Roberts of Llanbryn-mair's 'Blue Book.' But it was as an historian that he came into greatest prominence. His chief work was Hanes yr Eglwys Gristnogol. He also
MORGAN, DAVID THOMAS (c. 1695 - 1746), Jacobite was the son of Thomas and Dorothy Morgan. His father was the second son of William Morgan of Coed-y-gorres, and his mother was the daughter of David Mathew of Llandaff and grand-daughter of Sir Edmund Stradling of S. Donat's. Through his mother he was, therefore, related to the leading gentry of Glamorgan, and through his father he may have been related to the Morgan family of Tredegar. He is
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) . Morgan was a short stocky bearded man, with a broad culture and delight in literature, poetry and verse, a gregarious man of the world, a lavish host, a patron of the turf at the races at Hong Kong, and would sail the coasts of China in his private yacht 'The Kiddie' painted in his family livery of chocolate brown and pale blue. The Inspector-General of the service, Sir Robert Hart, had a high regard
MORGAN, GEORGE OSBORNE (1826 - 1897), politician as one of the members for Denbighshire, his colleague being Sir Watkin Williams Wynn. After the redistribution of 1885 he elected to stand for east Denbighshire, where the Wynn influence had been paramount for nearly two centuries, and won the seat against Sir Watkin's candidature; he held the seat at the elections of 1886 and 1892. In Parliament he took a prominent part in Welsh affairs; in 1869
MORGAN, HENRY (1635? - 1688), buccaneer buccaneer, and on his death Morgan was elected ' admiral ' by his associates. He received privateering commissions from Sir Thomas Modyford, governor of Jamaica, and, in 1668, he sacked Porto Bello with fiendish cruelty. His greatest exploit was his march across the isthmus of Panama and capture of the town of that name in 1671. This embarrassed the British Government, and Modyford was recalled. His
MORGAN, JOHN (1827 - 1903), cleric and author published volumes of English poetry entitled My Welsh Home, written in the metre of ' In Memoriam,' 1870, and A Trip to Fairyland or Happy Wedlock, with other poetical pieces and translations of Welsh hymns, 1896. In 1892 he published Four Biographical Sketches, being studies of bishops Ollivant and Thirlwall, Griffith Jones, Llanddowror, and Sir Thomas Phillips. He was a frequent contributor to Welsh
MORGAN, Sir JOHN (fl. 1688), soldier - see MORGAN, Sir THOMAS

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