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MORGAN GAM (bu farw 1241), lord of the Welsh barony of Avan Wallia (or Nedd-Afan) in the honour of Glamorgan son of Morgan ap Caradog ap Iestyn, probably by Gwenllian, daughter of Ifor Bach. He succeeded his elder brother, Lleision, c. 1213, and, reverting to his father's policy of alliance with the Welsh princes, well served the interests of Llywelyn ap Iorwerth by harassing the Clare lords of Glamorgan. He married, according to the pedigrees, (1) Janet, daughter of Elidyr Ddu, (2) Ellen, daughter of
MORGAN HEN ab OWAIN (bu farw 975), king of Morgannwg grandson of Hywel ap Rhys, founder of a new dynasty in western Glamorgan at the close of the 9th century. Morgan, who succeeded his father, Owain, about 930, was closely associated with the policy of friendship with the West-Saxon monarchy pursued by Hywel Dda, and continued on good terms with the English for at least a few years after the latter's death. In his day Morgannwg once more embraced
MORGAN MWYNFAWR (fl. 730), king of Morgannwg from whom the old kingdom of Glamorgan, embracing Glywysing and Gwent, probably took its name. He was the grandson and no doubt the successor of king Meurig ap Tewdrig, the reputed husband of Onbraus, daughter of Gwrgant Mawr, last king of Erging (south Herefordshire). Morgan's realm actually extended beyond the Wye into part of Erging, and westwards as far as the Towy. He was succeeded by his
MORGAN, Sir CHARLES (1575? - 1643?), soldier against the accession of James I, but he refused and was rewarded with a knighthood (23 July 1603). He then went back to Ostend till its capitulation to Spinola (20 September 1604), when he came home and was made a justice of the peace. After the outbreak (May 1605) of 'popish' riots in Herefordshire and South Wales (in which his brother-in-law, Rice ap Price, was reputed a ringleader) he was imprisoned
MORGAN, DAVID JENKINS (1884 - 1949), teacher and agricultural officer Born at Blaendewi, Llanddewibrefi, Cardiganshire, 23 September 1884, the second child and eldest son of Rhys Morgan, minister of Bethesda church (CM) in the village, and Mary his wife (née Jenkins). On the last day of August 1887 he entered the local board school, six days after his sister who was fourteen months his senior; he remained there until 14 May 1897. Tregaron county school was opened
MORGAN, DEWI (Dewi Teifi; 1877 - 1971), poet and journalist staff of the Cambrian News in Aberystwyth. In time he became the Welsh editor of that paper and the sub-editor of Baner ac Amserau Cymru under Prosser Rhys. He held these positions for over fifty years, until his retirement in 1964. He contributed hundreds of well-written articles and obituaries to these papers and also to journals like Y Goleuad, Y Drysorfa and Heddiw. Dewi was self-educated. He
MORGAN, JOHN JENKYN (Glanberach; 1875 - 1961), local historian and essayist relating to the Amman valley and the surrounding area and he was active in every cultural movement in the district. He was secretary of the children's eisteddfod during the ministry of Rhys J. Huws in Bryn Seion chapel, Glanaman, a church in whose foundation he played a prominent part; he was librarian and secretary of the miners' reading-room in Glanaman. He published Cofiant John Foulkes Williams (1906
MORGAN, JOHN RHYS (Lleurwg; 1822 - 1900), Baptist minister, lecturer, poet, and littérateur
MORGAN(N), MAURICE (c. 1725 - 1802), Shakespearian commentator and political writer was descended from the ancient family of Morgan of Blaenbylan in the parish of Clydey, Pembrokeshire, who traced his ancestry, according to a pedigree by William Lewes the antiquarian (Bronwydd MS. 7170), to Llewelyn ap Gwilym of Cryngae (who was an uncle to Dafydd ap Gwilym) and Ednyfed Fychan. Fenton, who knew him and his brother William, states that he was brought up at the family home which
MORGAN, REES (1764 - 1847), Calvinistic Methodist preacher . He worked in close association with Daniel Rowland, Williams of Pantycelyn, and other leaders of the Methodist revival. He died 6 April 1847 and was buried in Talley churchyard. He should not be confused with Rhys Morgan of Glancledan-fawr, Llanwrtyd, who was a Methodist exhorter in the earliest days of the revival.
MORGAN, RHYS (c. 1700 - c. 1775), poet , vicar of Cadoxton from 1718 to 1727, a man who knew Iaco ab Dewi and Moses Williams. It was thus that Rhys Morgan came into touch with the followers of Edward Lhuyd, and that provides one explanation for the poetic revival witnessed in the hill-country of Glamorgan during the first half of the 18th century. He also came into contact with Siôn Rhydderch, and this probably accounts for the fact that he
MORGAN, THOMAS (Afanwyson; 1850 - 1939), Baptist minister, historian and littêrateur , however, for his eisteddfod essays and publications, more especially his collections of place-names and biographies, such as Cofiant y Parch. Nathaniel Thomas, Caerdydd, 1900; The Place-Names of Wales, 1887, 1912; Glamorganshire place-names, 1901, Enwogion Cymreig, 1700-1900, 1907; Cofiant y Parch. J. Rhys Morgan, D.D. (Lleurwg), 1908 (part-author with D. B. Richards); Y Gwir Anrhydeddus D. Lloyd George

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