Sir Charles Morgan, 2nd Baronet

Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Charles Gould Morgan, 2nd Baronet (4 February 1760 – 5 December 1846), was a Welsh soldier and politician, the MP for Brecon (1787–1796) and later the County of Monmouth (1796–1831).

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, and later the County of Monmouth.

He married Mary Margaret Stoney in 1791, with whom he had eight children. He never remarried after her death in 1808.[1] In 1800, industrialist Samuel Homfray married his daughter Jane Morgan, and thus obtained a favorable lease of mineral land at Tredegar, where he established the Tredegar Ironworks.[2] Morgan was succeeded by his son, Charles Morgan, 1st Baron Tredegar.

References

  1. "Lt.Col Sir Charles Gould Morgan". genealogy.links.org. Retrieved 17 April 2011.
  2. "Welsh Biography Online". National Library of Wales. Retrieved 17 February 2011.
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 1805–16
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


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