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teulu MORGAN Tredegar Park, 1581 and Member of Parliament for the county in 1588-9. He was succeeded by his eldest son, Sir WILLIAM MORGAN (1560 - 1653) of Tredegar. He was knighted in 1603, became sheriff of Monmouthshire in 1612, and Member of Parliament for the same county, 1624-5. He received Charles I at Tredegar, 16-17 July 1645. He was twice married, (1) to Elizabeth, daughter of Sir William Winter of Lidney; (2) to
MORGAN, Sir CHARLES (1575? - 1643?), soldier
MORGAN, CHARLES LANGBRIDGE (Menander; 1894 - 1958), drama critic, novelist, playwright Born 22 January 1894, youngest child of Sir Charles Langbridge Morgan, engineer, and Mary (née Watkins) his wife. His grandparents had emigrated from Pembrokeshire to Australia where his parents were married. He was trained in the Royal Navy from 1907 and became a naval officer, but he resigned in 1913 to lead a literary life, though he returned to serve in the navy during both World Wars. He
MORGAN, CHARLES OCTAVIUS SWINNERTON (1803 - 1888), antiquary and local historian Born 15 September 1803, fourth son of Sir Charles Morgan, 2nd bart. of Ealing, Middlesex, and Tredegar Park, Monmouth, by Mary Margaret, daughter of capt. George Stoney, R.N.; he was, therefore, a brother of the first baron Tredegar. He entered Christ Church, Oxford, 26 June 1822 (B.A. 1825, M.A. 1832). He was a justice of the peace and deputy-lieutenant of Monmouthshire, and he represented that
MORGAN, CLIFFORD (Cliff) ISAAC (1930 - 2013), rugby player, sports writer and broadcaster, media executive Queen's Silver Jubilee and the wedding of Prince Charles to Lady Diana Spencer - which was at the time the highest viewed live event in BBC history with over 500 million viewers worldwide. Morgan oversaw countless sporting events such as FA Cup Finals, World Cups and Olympics. Due to his experiences convalescing from his stroke, he became a keen supporter of disabled sport, and his documentary of the
MORGAN, EDWARD (1783 - 1869), Evangelical cleric and author Born at Tŷ Tanglwst, Pyle, Glamorganshire, and christened there 7 November 1783, son of David Morgan. He graduated from Jesus College, Oxford, in 1806 (M.A. 1811), and in 1814 became vicar of Syston, Leicestershire, adding to this in 1814 the living of Ratcliffe. He was a great admirer (and correspondent) of Thomas Charles of Bala, and also of David Jones of Llangan. His Memoir of Charles was in
MORGAN, ELAINE NEVILLE (1920 - 2013), screenwriter, journalist, and author last glimpse into her creative mind. After a series of strokes, the first of which occurred in the summer of 2012, Elaine Morgan died peacefully at Prince Charles Hospital, Merthyr Tydfil, on 12 July 2013. She was survived by her sons Gareth and Huw (whom she adopted). Her husband, Morien, died in 1997; her eldest son John Dylan died in 2011. Elaine Morgan's greatest achievement was not, in the end
MORGAN, EVAN FREDERIC (2nd VISCOUNT TREDEGAR), (1893 - 1949), poet, artist, soldier, and statesman (Frederick Charles) John Morgan, the 6th and last Baron Tredegar. The estate was dispersed but the last-named secured the preservation of the family archives by depositing them at the National Library of Wales on the understanding that they were to become the property of the Library should he, as he did, die without an heir.
MORGAN, FRANK ARTHUR (1844 - 1907) Frank Arthur Morgan was born on 24 February 1844 at Cae Forgan, Llanrhidian, Gower, the third son of Charles Morgan (1796-1857), barrister of Lincoln's Inn, farmer and landowner, and his wife Caroline, daughter of Rev. John James (1772-1850) and his first wife, Jane Gammon, of Penmaen. The Morgan family were successful London barristers, with estates in Berkshire and Buckinghamshire, as well as
MORGAN, HENRY (1635? - 1688), buccaneer successor reversed Modyford's policy of using privateers for defence against the Spaniards, and Morgan soon followed Modyford as prisoner to England. William Morgan of Tredegar at this time speaks of him as ' a relation and formerly a neer neighbour.' He soon obtained the favour of Charles II, and on 23 January 1674, was made deputy-governor of Jamaica. It would appear that he was knighted at the same
MORGAN, THOMAS (1737 - 1813), Unitarian minister the ' South Wales Unitarian Association ' Morgan also supervised Craigyfargod (see Winter, Charles) at times. He kept a school at Blaen-gwrach. In 1809 he was paralyzed, and in 1810 he went to live with a relation at Pontardawe, where he died 17 October 1813; he was buried in the graveyard of Gellionnen Unitarian chapel.
MORGAN, THOMAS OWEN (1799 - 1878), barrister-at-law and author Born 1799, son of Thomas Morgan, gentleman. He was admitted barrister-at-law (as of Lincoln's Inn) but he does not appear to have practised. He was joint-secretary, with Morris Charles Jones, of the Powysland Club when that society was formed in 1867. He was also a member of the Cambrian Archaeological Association and contributed articles to Archæologia Cambrensis - in 1851, 1854, 1856, 1867, one

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