Sir Charles Morgan, 2nd Baronet
| Sir Charles Morgan 2nd Baronet | |
|---|---|
| Born | 4 February 1760 |
| Died | 5 December 1846 (aged 86) |
| Nationality | Welsh |
| Children | Charles Morgan, 1st Baron Tredegar (son) |
Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Charles Gould Morgan, 2nd Baronet (4 February 1760 – 5 December 1846), was a Welsh soldier and politician, the MP for Brecon and County of Monmouth.[1]
Life
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Born to Sir Charles Morgan, 1st Baronet (originally Charles Gould) and Jane Morgan, he became a Captain in the Coldstream Guards. On retirement from the British Army to enable him to concentrate of the family estate, he became an MP for Brecon (1787–1796) and later for County of Monmouth (1796–1831).[2] He adopted the name of Morgan in 1792, at the same time as his father, and inherited the Tredegar estate of his Uncle John from his mother in 1797.
He succeeded his father as a Bailiff on the board of the Bedford Level Corporation from 1807 to 1827.[3] He was Recorder for Newport from 1807 to 1835.[1]
He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1816.[2]
Family
Morgan (then still Gould) married Mary Margaret Stoney, daughter of Capt. George Stoney R.N., in 1791, and they had eight children, four sons and four daughters.[4][5] He did not remarry after her death in 1808.[6]
Morgan was succeeded by his eldest son, Charles Morgan, 1st Baron Tredegar. The other sons were:
- George Gould Morgan (1794–1845), army officer and Member of Parliament[7]
- Charles Augustus Samuel Morgan (1800–1875), cleric, married Frances Lascelles, daughter of Rowley Lascelles and his first cousin[8][9][10]
- Charles Octavius Swinnerton Morgan (1803–1888), antiquarian.[11]
The daughters were:[12]
- Maria Margaretta (died 1875), married in 1817 Francis Miles Milman, an army officer and son of Sir Francis Milman, 1st Baronet
- Charlotte Georgiana (died 1878), married in 1819 George Rodney, 3rd Baron Rodney
- Angelina Maria Cecilia (died 1844), married in 1825 Sir Hugh Owen Owen, 2nd Baronet
- Selina Anne, died young.
References
- 1 2 "MORGAN (formerly GOULD), Sir Charles, 2nd bt. (1760–1846), of Tredegar Park, Mon. and Pall Mall, Mdx". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
- 1 2 "Fellow details". Royal Society. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
- ↑ Wells, Samuel. History of the Drainage of the Great Level of the Fens Called ..., Volume 1. p. 511.
- ↑ "Gould (afterwards Morgan), Charles (1760–1846), of Ealing, Mdx., History of Parliament Online". Retrieved 25 November 2016.
- ↑
- ↑ "Lt.Col Sir Charles Gould Morgan". genealogy.links.org. Retrieved 17 April 2011.
- ↑ "Morgan, George Gould (1794–1845), of Tredegar, Mon., History of Parliament Online". Retrieved 25 November 2016.
- ↑ "The National Library of Wales :: Dictionary of Welsh Biography Morgan family, of Tredegar Park, etc., Mon.". Retrieved 25 November 2016.
- ↑ Leslie Gilbert Pine (1972). The New Extinct Peerage, 1884–1971: Containing Extinct, Abeyant, Dormant & Suspended Peerages with Genealogies and Arms. Heraldry Today. p. 272. ISBN 978-0-900455-23-0.
- ↑ "Debrett's Baronetage, Knightage, and Companionage". Internet Archive (5th ed.). London: Odhams Press. 1824. p. 896. Retrieved 30 November 2016.
- ↑ Roberts, Brynley F. "Morgan, Charles Octavius Swinnerton". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/19218. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ↑ Burke, Bernard (1903). Ashworth P. Burke, ed. A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage, the Privy Council, Knightage and Companionage (65th ed.). London: Harrison and Sons. p. 1503.
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Charles Van |
Member of Parliament for Brecon 1787–1796 |
Succeeded by Robert Salusbury |
| Preceded by James Rooke Robert Salusbury |
Member of Parliament for Monmouthshire 1796 – 1800 With: James Rooke |
Succeeded by Parliament of Great Britain |
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
| Preceded by Parliament of the United Kingdom |
Member of Parliament for Monmouthshire 1801–1831 With: James Rooke to 1805 Lord Arthur Somerset 1805–1816 Lord Granville Somerset from 1816 |
Succeeded by Lord Granville Somerset William Addams Williams |
| Baronetage of Great Britain | ||
| Preceded by Charles Morgan |
Baronet (of Tredegar) 1800–1846 |
Succeeded by Charles Morgan |
