Sir Charles Morgan, 1st Baronet

Sir Charles Morgan, 1st Baronet (25 April 1726 – 7 December 1806) was an English Judge Advocate-General. From his birth until 1792 he was known as Charles Gould.

Sir Charles Morgan, 1st Baronet

Life

The elder son of King Gould of Westminster, who died deputy judge advocate in 1756, he was a scholar of Westminster School in 1739. He was elected to Christ Church, Oxford, 1743, where he proceeded B.A. in 1747 and M.A. in 1750. He was made an honorary D.C.L. in 1773.^[1]

Gould was called to the bar at the Middle Temple in 1750, and in 1771 was appointed judge advocate-general. He came into the favour of George III, was also made chancellor of Salisbury in 1772, and became chamberlain of Brecon, Radnor, and Glamorgan. He sat as Member of Parliament for Brecon 1778–87, and for the Breconshire 1787–1806. He was knighted 5 May 1779, and made a baronet 15 November 1792, the year in which he changed surname to Morgan. In 1802 he was made a privy councillor.^[1]

Morgan died at Tredegar 7 December 1806.^[1]

Works

In 1751 Gould was one of the authors of the Oxford poem on the occasion of the death of Frederick, Prince of Wales.^[1]

Family

Gould married (February 1758) Jane, eldest daughter of Thomas Morgan.^[1] He inherited the property of his wife's brothers, Thomas Morgan (died 1771), Charles Morgan (died 1787) and John Morgan (died 1792).^[2] He then took by royal licence the surname and arms of Morgan (16 November 1792). He was succeeded in his title and estates by his eldest son Charles.^[1]

Notes

1.  Stephen, Leslie; Lee, Sidney, eds. (1890). "Gould, Charles". Dictionary of National Biography 22. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
2. historyofparliamentonline.org, Gould (afterwards Morgan), Charles (1726-1806), of Ealing, Mdx..

Attribution

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Stephen, Leslie; Lee, Sidney, eds. (1890). "Gould, Charles". Dictionary of National Biography 22. London: Smith, Elder & Co.