George Osborne Morgan
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Sir George Osborne Morgan, 1st Baronet PC, QC, (8 May 1826 – 25 August 1897) was a Welsh lawyer and Liberal politician.
Born at Gothenburg, Sweden, he was educated at Shrewsbury School and Balliol College, Oxford, and was a scholar of Worcester College, Oxford from 1847.
He became a barrister of Lincoln's Inn in 1853. He was Liberal MP for Denbighshire from 1868 to 1885, and for Denbighshire East from 1885b until his death. He introduced Burials Bill in 1870 [and introduced it for ten successive sessions until it was finally passed in 1880, allowing any Christian ritual in a parish cemetery, and the Places of Worship (Sites) Bill, which became law in 1873. He was appointed a Queen's Counsel and a bencher of Lincoln's Inn in 1869, serving as treasurer from 1890. He was chairman of the House of Commons Select Committee on Land Titles and Transfer from 1878-9.Among his many Welsh involvements was support for the Welsh Sunday closing bill, disestablishment of the Welsh Church, supporting the University College of Wales at Aberystwyth.
He held office as Judge Advocate General from 1880-5, and was appointed a privy councillor in 1880. He introduced successfully the annual Army Discipline Bill in 1881, and took charge of Married Women's Property Bill, 1882. He was re-elected as Member of Parliament for East Denbighshire in 1885, 1886, and 1892. He was parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies in 1886.
He was created a baronet in 1892, the baronetcy being extinguished on his death, since he had no children by his wife Emily (nee Reiss).
He published a translation of Virgil's Eclogues in English hexameters, and other writings.
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| Preceded by Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn and Robert Myddleton-Biddulph |
Member of Parliament for Denbighshire with Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, to May 1885; Sir Herbert Williams-Wynn, from May 1885 1868–1885 |
Succeeded by (constituency abolished) |
| Preceded by (new constituency) |
Member of Parliament for East Denbighshire 1885–1897 |
Succeeded by Samuel Moss |
