Charles Octavius ​​Swinnerton Morgan

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Charles Octavius ​​Swinnerton Morgan FRS (born September 15, 1803 , † August 5, 1888 in Newport ) was a British politician and historian who was elected eight times as a member of the House of Commons .

Origin and political activity

Charles Morgan came from the Morgan family , a gentry family from Wales . He was the fourth son of Sir Charles Morgan, 2nd Baronet and his wife Mary Storey . From June 26, 1822 he studied at Christ Church College , Oxford, where he graduated as a Bachelor in 1825 and a Master of Arts in 1832 . Morgan became Justice of the Peace and Deputy Lieutenant of Monmouthshire . In the general election in 1841 he was elected as a Conservative Party candidate for Monmouthshire. He was re-elected in the following elections until 1868, until he did not run again in the 1874 election. Instead, his nephew, Frederick Morgan, was elected MP.

Activity as a historian

In 1830 Morgan became a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries . He regularly contributed to the company's publications and later became its vice-president. He made further publications in the Journal of the Royal Archaeological Institute . In 1832 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society . Together with Thomas Wakeman he published numerous articles in the writings of the Monmouthshire and Caerleon Antiquarian Association founded in 1847 . He dealt with excavations in Caerwent , the priory church of Abergavenny and numerous other historical topics. He was also considered a specialist in clocks and pocket watches. He died unmarried in his home, The Friars, in Newport.

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Remarks

  1. ^ Charles Octavius ​​Swinnerton Morgan: Observations on the History and Progress of the Art of Watchmaking, from the earliest Period to modern Times (In a Letter from Octavius ​​Morgan, Esq., MP, FSA, to Sir Henry Ellis, KH, Secretary). In: Archaeologia: or Miscellaneous tracts relating to Antiquitiy. Volume 33, 1849, pp. 84-100.
personal data
SURNAME Morgan, Charles Octavius ​​Swinnerton
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British politician and historian
DATE OF BIRTH September 15, 1803
DATE OF DEATH August 5, 1888
Place of death Newport