Dictionary of Welsh Biography

MORGAN, Sir THOMAS (c. 1542 - 1595), soldier was a younger son of William Morgan of S. George's and Pen-carn, Glamorganshire. He was about 30 years of age in April 1572 when he was appointed captain of the first company of English volunteers sent to assist the Dutch in their revolt against Spain. Apart from a short period in Ireland in 1574, Morgan spent most of the rest of his life in the Low Countries. He succeeded Sir Humphrey Gilbert as
MORGAN, Sir WALTER VAUGHAN (1831 - 1916), lord mayor of London
MORGAN, WILLIAM (c. 1545 - 1604), bishop, and translator of the Bible into Welsh held the archdeaconry of St Asaph 'in commendam.' As a bishop, he showed notable zeal in encouraging preaching and rebuilding. His determination to safeguard the temporal possessions of the see led him into sharp conflict with David Holland of Teirdan, and into an even more bitter controversy with Sir John Wynn. He died 10 September 1604. Morgan married Catherine, daughter of George, widow of William
MORGAN, Sir WILLIAM (d. 1584), soldier of fortune son of Sir Thomas Morgan of Pen-coed and Langstone, Glamorganshire, and Cecilia, daughter of Sir George Herbert of Swansea. In 1569 he went to France to fight as a volunteer in the Protestant army. After having been engaged in several skirmishes in that country and in the Netherlands he returned to England in time to join the earl of Essex in his Irish ventures. In 1574 he was knighted by
MORGAN, WILLIAM (1750 - 1833), actuary and scientist beliefs which 'on all the great points' concurred with Price's philosophy and Unitarian creed. He admits rather coyly 'some doubts' but does not give any details. Through Price, Morgan met a number of the leading intellectuals of the day including Joseph Priestley, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Paine, John Howard and John Horne Tooke, and he shared many of their radical views. He was sympathetic to the
MORRIS, CAREY (1882 - 1968), artist ceremonies, and wrote extensively on the topic. He published articles on art, such as ' Personality as a force in art ' and ' Art and religion in Wales '. He worked on landscapes and portraits throughout Wales, and his patrons include some aristocratic families. One of his close friends was Sir Joseph Bradney, the historian of Monmouthshire. He illustrated books, particularly the children's books which his
MORRIS, Sir DANIEL (1844 - 1933), botanist
MORRIS, JAMES (1853 - 1914), Calvinistic Methodist minister, and author interested in the history of his connexion in Carmarthenshire, and produced four books on that subject: Cofiant Dafi Dafis, Rhydcymerau (1907), Cofiant Thomas Jones, Conwyl (1899), Efengylwyr Seion (1905 -biographical sketches), and Hanes Methodistiaeth Sir Gaerfyrddin (1911). They are somewhat uncritical, but interesting and very useful.
MORRIS, Sir JOHN (1745 - 1819), industrialist - see MORRIS,ROBERT
MORRIS, JOHN WILLIAM (1896 - 1979), lawyer and judge was admitted to the Inner Temple, and in 1920 he obtained an LLB degree and was elected Joseph Hodges Choate Fellow to spend a year at Harvard University. In November 1921, he was called to the bar by the Inn and joined the Northern Circuit. In 1935 he was made King's Counsel, and thereafter he practised law mainly in London. In the first half of the 1920s, Morris was flirting with politics. Twice
MORRIS, LEWIS (Llewelyn Ddu o Fôn; 1701 - 1765), poet and scholar , who was the father of the poet Sir Lewis Morris. In 1772, Anne Morris became the second wife of William Jones of Gwynfryn, Llangynfelyn, Cardiganshire, from whose first marriage was descended the bishop and antiquary William Basil Jones. She died in 1785.
MORRIS, Sir LEWIS (1833 - 1907), poet and educationist

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