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MORGAN, THOMAS (1720 - 1799), Independent minister Jenkins at Carmarthen, and in 1779 of his succeeding Jenkins there, but he wisely discouraged the suggestions. In 1795 he was paralysed, and resigned his charge; he died at Morley 2 July 1799. Together with the diaries of Edmund Jones, and indeed perhaps in an even greater measure than those, the papers and diaries of Thomas Morgan, now in N.L.W., are our most valuable materials for the history of Welsh
MORGAN, Sir THOMAS (1604 - 1679), soldier 1645), helped in the capture of Chepstow (October 1645) and Hereford (22 December 1645), and made several incursions into Monmouthshire, in the course of which he was able to discourage recruiting for the king and to gain new adherents for Parliament. After helping to defeat the last Royalist army in the field at Stow-on-the-wold (22 March 1646), he returned to Monmouthshire as commander-in-chief (2
MORGAN, THOMAS (1543 - c. 1605), Roman Catholic conspirator of Exeter and the archbishop of York (1561-8), he was recommended in 1569 by the earls of Pembroke and Northumberland to the service of George Talbot, 6th earl of Shrewsbury, at whose house at Tutbury, Mary Queen of Scots was then a prisoner. Morgan attached himself to the queen, conveyed her secret letters, and after examination by the council (15 March 1572) was imprisoned in the Tower for nine
MORGAN, THOMAS (1737 - 1813), Unitarian minister Born 2 November 1737 in Llan-nonn parish, Carmarthenshire. Extremely little is known about the first thirty years of his life, and what is said of him by William Williams (Carw Coch) in his Gweddillion Llenyddol, 68-86, is inconsistent and also counter to some known facts. At first, Morgan was a weaver [at Cwm Taf Fechan, Brecknock ] and a schoolmaster; he had also some repute as a herbalist and
MORGAN, WILLIAM (1623 - 1689), Jesuit prisoner at the battle of Naseby and, six months later, was exiled by the Parliamentarians. While on the Continent he became a Papist; in 1651 he became a member of the Society of Jesus and returned to Great Britain the same year. He was principal of S. Winefred's College, Holywell, 1672-8; fled to the Continent during the Titus Oates terror; but returned and was arrested by the authorities towards the
MORGAN, WILLIAM GERAINT OLIVER (1920 - 1995), Conservative politician He was born at Llanfihangel Aberbythych, Llandeilo on 2 November 1920. He came from a strongly Liberal family background. He was educated at Llandeilo Grammar School, the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, and Trinity Hall, Cambridge (Squire Law School). He joined the Royal Suffolk Regiment at the outbreak of World War II and rose to the rank of major. He also served in the Royal Marines
MORRIS, CALEB (1800 - 1865), Congregational minister ordained there 2 April 1823. Morris moved to Fetter Lane, London, in 1827. In 1838 he was invited to accept the principalship of the Independent College, Brecon, but he refrained from undertaking the responsibility. Large crowds flocked to Fetter Lane to hear him. Owing to periods of physical weakness he was in the habit of returning to Wales to seek a renewal of his strength. He also sought for health
MORRIS, DAVID (Bardd Einion; 1797? - 1868), poet he is thought to have been born in 1797 at Tan-y-bryn, Llanfair Caereinion, Montgomeryshire, and he may have been the David, son of David and Margaret Morris of the Heniarth district who was christened in the parish church 2 July 1797. He started life as a weaver but later turned to market gardening. The old name for Tan-y-bryn was ' Y Gerddi ' and there David Morris tended his garden, selling
MORRIS, EBENEZER (1790 - 1867), cleric was already curate - the patron both of Llan-nonn and Llanelly was Rees Goring Thomas, one of the promoters of the Society of National Schools (A History of Carmarthenshire, ii, index). He married (at Llandyfaelog, 2 September 1813), Sarah, daughter of John Williams of Carmarthen, fifth son of the commentator, Peter Williams; there were two daughters of the marriage, and the daughter of one of these
MORRIS, JAMES (1853 - 1914), Calvinistic Methodist minister, and author Born in 1853 at Gopa Fach, Pontardulais, Glamorganshire, but when about fourteen he removed to Llanelly, where he began to preach. After a course at Trevecka College, he became pastor at Llansawel with Rhydcymerau, Carmarthenshire (1881-92), Pen-y-graig, Rhondda (1892-1907), and Llanstephan, Carmarthenshire (1907-14). He died 8 November 1914, aged 61, and was buried at Tre-alaw, Rhondda. He was
MORRIS, JAN (1926 - 2020), writer Jan Morris was born on 2 October 1926 in Clevedon, Somerset, as James Humphry Morris, the youngest of three boys. Her father Walter Henry Morris (1896-1938) had been gassed in World War I, and made ends meet by driving taxis and hearses. Her mother Enid (née Payne; 1886-1981) was an organist and music teacher. Her two older brothers were Gareth Charles Walter (1920-2007), an internationally
MORRIS, JOHN EDWARD (1859 - 1933), schoolmaster and historian Born at Rugby. He graduated in 1882 from Magdalen College, Oxford (D.Litt. 1905), and was, till 1923, a master at Bedford Grammar School; he died 8 November 1933. He was not a Welshman, but appears in this book in virtue of his chief work, The Welsh Wars of Edward I, extending to 1295, with an introduction on the previous struggles between the Welsh and the Normans. The book is concerned not only

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