Charles Morgan, 1st Baron Tredegar

The Lord Tredegar
The Right Honourable; The Lord Tredegar
	Portrait by Richard Buckner
Born	10 April 1792
Died	16 April 1875 (aged 83)
Nationality	English
Political party	Whig
Children	Godfrey Morgan, 1st Viscount Tredegar (son) ; Charles Rodney Morgan (son) ; Frederick Courtenay Morgan (son)

Charles Morgan Robinson Morgan, 1st Baron Tredegar (10 April 1792 – 16 April 1875) was an English Whig peer and a member of the House of Lords.

He was the son of Lt.-Col. Sir Charles Morgan, 2nd Baronet, and his wife, the former Mary Margaret Stoney, and was educated at Harrow School, Westminster School and Christ Church, Oxford (1811).

He was first elected Member of Parliament (MP) for Brecon in 1812 and was re-elected in 1830 and 1835.

He served in the militia, eventually becoming a commander, and was appointed High Sheriff of Monmouthshire for 1821–22 and High Sheriff of Brecknockshire for 1850–51. He was created Baron Tredegar, of Tredegar in the County of Monmouth on 16 April 1859[1][2] and was Lord Lieutenant of Monmouthshire from 1866 until his death.

He died in April 1875. He had married Rosamund, the daughter of Godfrey Basil Mundy, in late 1827 and had five sons and six daughters. He was succeeded by his son Godfrey Morgan, 1st Viscount Tredegar.[2]

References

"No. 22248". The London Gazette. 12 April 1859. p. 1482.
Thomas Nicholas (1872). Annals and Antiquities of the Counties and County Families of Wales: Containing a Record of All Ranks of the Gentry ... with Many Ancient Pedigrees and Memorials of Old and Extinct Families. Longmans, Green, Reader. p. 785.

"MORGAN, Charles Morgan Robinson (1792–1875), of Ruperra, Glam. and Tredegar, Mon". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 3 July 2013.

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Sir Robert Salusbury	Member of Parliament for Brecon 1812–1818	Succeeded by George Gould Morgan
Preceded by George Gould Morgan	Member of Parliament for Brecon 1830–1832	Succeeded by John Lloyd Vaughan Watkins
Preceded by John Lloyd Vaughan Watkins	Member of Parliament for Brecon 1835–1847	Succeeded by John Lloyd Vaughan Watkins
Honorary titles
Preceded by William Pearce	High Sheriff of Brecknockshire 1850	Succeeded by Robert Raikes
Preceded by The Marquess Camden	Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire 1866–1875	Succeeded by Sir Joseph Bailey
Peerage of the United Kingdom
New creation	Baron Tredegar 1859–1875	Succeeded by Godfrey Morgan
Baronetage of Great Britain
Preceded by Lt.Col Sir Charles Gould Morgan, 2nd Baronet	Baronet (of Tredegar) 1846–1875	Succeeded by Godfrey Morgan

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[1] "No. 22248". The London Gazette. 12 April 1859. p. 1482.

[Nicholas1872-2] Thomas Nicholas (1872). Annals and Antiquities of the Counties and County Families of Wales: Containing a Record of All Ranks of the Gentry ... with Many Ancient Pedigrees and Memorials of Old and Extinct Families. Longmans, Green, Reader. p. 785.