Dictionary of Welsh Biography

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, 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, 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, JOHN (1743 - 1801), cleric 1772 he succeeded Evan Evans (1731 - 1789) as curate of Llanberis (the rector of Llan-rug and Llanberis, Peter Bailey Williams resided at Llan-rug); his stipend was £24; he lived at Tŷ-isa, and kept a school at which David Thomas, Dafydd Ddu Eryri (1759 - 1822) was a pupil in 1774. Morgan became so celebrated as a preacher that people flocked to hear him from remote parts. When David Mathias, the
MORGAN, JOHN (1886 - 1957), Archbishop of Wales Cathedral and in 1933 he became rector of Llandudno. The following year he was elected Bishop of Swansea and Brecon, succeeding E.L. Bevan, and was consecrated in St Asaph Cathedral on Whit Tuesday, by the Archbishop of Wales, Alfred George Edwards, who had ordained him deacon. In 1939 he was translated to Llandaff in succession to Timothy Rees and in 1949 he was elected Archbishop of Wales to succeed
MORGAN, JOHN JAMES (1870 - 1954), minister (Presb.) and author Born March 1870 at Glynberws, Ysbyty Ystwyth, Cardiganshire, son of David Morgan ('Y Diwygiwr'; 1814 - 1883) and Jane his wife. He was educated at Ysbyty Ystwyth board school, Ystradmeurig school, Thomas Owens's school, Aberystwyth and Trefeca College. He was ordained in 1894, and served his ministry at Cowbridge, Glamorganshire (1893-95), and Mold, Flintshire (1895-1946). In 1895 he married
MORGAN, JOHN LLOYD (1861 - 1944), county court judge Born 13 February 1861 at Carmarthen, son of William Morgan, minister (Congl.) and Professor at the Presbyterian College, Carmarthen, and his wife Margaret, daughter of Thomas Rees, Capel Tyddist, Llandeilo. He was educated at Tattenhall (Staffordshire) and Trinity College, Cambridge. He was a J.P. for Carmarthenshire, Pembrokeshire and Glamorganshire, represented West Carmarthenshire in
MORGAN, JOHN RHYS (Lleurwg; 1822 - 1900), Baptist minister, lecturer, poet, and littérateur Born 3 August 1822 (but 7 or 17 August according to some sources), at Maes-y-felin, Lisvane, near Cardiff; sixth of twelve children born to Rees Morgan (born 1792) and Mary Edmunds (born 1790) of Maes-y-felin and afterwards of Maes-y-crochan, S. Mellons, his mother being an aunt of Thomas Davies, principal of Haverfordwest Baptist College (1812 - 1895). He received his early education at Lisvane
MORGAN(N), MAURICE (c. 1725 - 1802), Shakespearian commentator and political writer fell into ruins about 1740-50 and that the brothers were the last of the family. It is not impossible that he was the son of Morris Morgan of Blaenbylan (by Hannah his wife) whose will (in N.L.W.), dated 25 May 1725, provided for the education of his three young children - Sarah, Morris, and David. In October 1766 he was appointed clerk in the secretary of state's office and private secretary to
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, REES (1764 - 1847), Calvinistic Methodist preacher Born at Capel-hir, Talley, Carmarthenshire, son of Morgan Rees who was a member of the Methodist society at Glanyrafon-ddu Ganol. His spiritual regeneration took place under the ministry of William Lloyd of Caeo (1741 - 1808) who, thereafter, was his firm friend. He began to exhort c. 1784-5, and from that time on spent the whole of his long life in the field, travelling over the whole of Wales
MORGAN, RHYS (c. 1700 - c. 1775), poet -house') in Blaen-gwrach; two persons bearing the name of Rees Morgan figure in the list of members in 1734, the one an elder and the other a deacon. But it is as a poet that he earned a name for himself in the annals of Glamorgan. He was, doubtless, trained in the bardic craft by one of the pupils of Edward Dafydd of Margam, but the man who probably influenced him most was Dafydd Lewys, Llanllawddog

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