Courtenay Charles Evan Morgan, 1st Viscount Tredegar OBE, VD (10 April 1867 – 3 May 1934), was a British peer.
Morgan was the eldest son of the Honourable Frederick Courtenay Morgan, of Ruperra Castle, third son of Charles Morgan, 1st Baron Tredegar. His mother was Charlotte Anne, daughter of Charles Alexander Wilkinson, of Lawers, Perthshire. He succeeded his uncle Godfrey Morgan, 1st Viscount Tredegar, as third Baron Tredegar in 1913.[1]
One of his first acts was to purchase the steam yacht Liberty,[2] which almost immediately was requisitioned by the Royal Navy for use as a hospital ship. He resultantly left his home and went back to war, taking command of his yacht for the first part of the war.[3] After the end of hostilities, he embarked on a world cruise, eventually going around the world twice during which he visited every colony in the British Empire and every state in the Commonwealth.[4]
In 1926 the viscountcy was revived when he was created Viscount Tredegar, of Tredegar in the County of Monmouth.[5] He is not recorded as having spoken in the House of Lords.[6] In 1934 he was appointed Lord Lieutenant of Monmouthshire,[7] a post he held until his death the following year.[8]
Lord Tredegar married Lady Katharine Agnes Blanche, daughter of James Carnegie, 9th Earl of Southesk, in 1890. He died in May 1934, aged 67, and was succeeded by his son, Evan. The Viscountess Tredegar died at the Ritz Hotel in London, in October 1934.[1]
| Honorary titles | ||
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| Preceded by The Lord Treowen |
Lord Lieutenant of Monmouthshire 1933–1934 |
Succeeded by Sir Henry Mather-Jackson, Bt |
| Peerage of the United Kingdom | ||
| New creation | Viscount Tredegar 1926–1934 |
Succeeded by Evan Frederic Morgan |
| Preceded by Godfrey Charles Morgan |
Baron Tredegar 1913–1934 |
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