Sir Charles Morgan, 2nd Baronet
Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Charles Gould Morgan, 2nd Baronet (4 February 1760 – 5 December 1846), was a Welsh soldier and politician, the MP for Brecon and County of Monmouth.
Life
Born to Sir Charles Morgan, 1st Baronet (originally Charles Gould) and Jane Morgan, he became a Captain in the Coldstream Guards. On retirement from the British Army to enable him to concentrate of the family estate, he became an MP for Brecon (1787-1796) and later for County of Monmouth (1796-1831).[1]
He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1816.[1]
Family
Morgan (then still Gould) married Mary Margaret Stoney, daughter of Capt. George Stoney R.N., in 1791, and they had eight children, four sons and four daughters.[2][3] He did not remarry after her death in 1808.[4]
Morgan was succeeded by his eldest son, Charles Morgan, 1st Baron Tredegar. The other sons were:
- George Gould Morgan (1794–1845), army officer and Member of Parliament[5]
- Charles Augustus Samuel Morgan (1800–1875), cleric, married Frances Lascelles, daughter of Rowley Lascelles and his first cousin[6][7][8]
- Charles Octavius Swinnerton Morgan (1803–1888), antiquarian.[9]
The daughters were:[10]
- Maria Margaretta (died 1875), married in 1817 Francis Miles Milman, an army officer and son of Sir Francis Milman, 1st Baronet
- Charlotte Georgiana (died 1878), married in 1819 George Rodney, 3rd Baron Rodney
- Angelina Maria Cecilia (died 1844), married in 1825 Sir Hugh Owen Owen, 2nd Baronet
- Selina Anne, died young.
References
- 1 2 "Fellow details". Royal Society. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
- ↑ "Gould (afterwards Morgan), Charles (1760–1846), of Ealing, Mdx., History of Parliament Online". Retrieved 25 November 2016.
- ↑ Stephen, Leslie; Lee, Sidney, eds. (1890). "Gould, Charles". Dictionary of National Biography. 22. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
- ↑ "Lt.Col Sir Charles Gould Morgan". genealogy.links.org. Retrieved 17 April 2011.
- ↑ "Morgan, George Gould (1794–1845), of Tredegar, Mon., History of Parliament Online". Retrieved 25 November 2016.
- ↑ "The National Library of Wales :: Dictionary of Welsh Biography Morgan family, of Tredegar Park, etc., Mon.". Retrieved 25 November 2016.
- ↑ Leslie Gilbert Pine (1972). The New Extinct Peerage, 1884-1971: Containing Extinct, Abeyant, Dormant & Suspended Peerages with Genealogies and Arms. Heraldry Today. p. 272. ISBN 978-0-900455-23-0.
- ↑ "Debrett's Baronetage, Knightage, and Companionage". Internet Archive (5th ed.). London: Odhams Press. 1824. p. 896. Retrieved 30 November 2016.
- ↑ Roberts, Brynley F. "Morgan, Charles Octavius Swinnerton". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/19218. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ↑ Burke, Bernard (1903). Ashworth P. Burke, ed. A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage, the Privy Council, Knightage and Companionage (65th ed.). London: Harrison and Sons. p. 1503.
Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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Preceded by Charles Van |
Member of Parliament for Brecon 1787–1796 |
Succeeded by Robert Salusbury |
Preceded by James Rooke Robert Salusbury |
Member of Parliament for Monmouthshire 1796 – 1800 With: James Rooke |
Succeeded by Parliament of Great Britain |
Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
Preceded by Parliament of the United Kingdom |
Member of Parliament for Monmouthshire 1801 – 1831 With: James Rooke to 1805 Lord Arthur Somerset 1805–16 Lord Granville Somerset from 1816 |
Succeeded by Lord Granville Somerset William Addams Williams |
Baronetage of Great Britain | ||
Preceded by Charles Morgan |
Baronet (of Tredegar) 1800–1846 |
Succeeded by Charles Morgan |