Frederick Morgan (politician, 1834)

Frederick Morgan. Caricature in the Vanity Fair of 1893

Frederick Courtenay Morgan (also Frederic Morgan ) (born May 24, 1834 , † January 9, 1909 ) was a British politician who was elected seven times as a member of the House of Commons .

Origin and life

Frederic Morgan came from the Morgan family , a gentry family from Wales . He was the third son of Charles Morgan and his wife Rosamund Mundy . His father was promoted to Baron Tredegar in 1859 . Morgan joined the British Army as an officer and served in the Rifle Brigade during the Crimean War . He left the army as a captain. After his uncle Charles Morgan , who had been a longtime MP for Monmouthshire in the House of Commons, did not run again in the general election in 1874 , Frederick Morgan was elected as a candidate for the Conservative Party . In the general election in 1880 he was re-elected. After the constituency of Monmouthshire was divided into three constituencies, Morgan ran successfully for South Monmouthshire from 1885 . In the following general election he was re-elected until the 1900 election, until he did not run again in the 1906 general election. He was succeeded as a candidate for the Conservative Party by his son Courtenay Morgan , who, however, lost the election.

Family and offspring

Morgan had married Charlotte Anne Williamson, daughter of Charles Williamson of Balgray , Dumfries on May 3, 1858 . He had four children with her:

1. Blanche Frances Morgan (1859-1948)
2. Violet Wilhelmina Morgan (1860-1943)
3. Courtenay Charles Evan Morgan, 1st Viscount Tredegar (1867–1934)
4. Frederic George Morgan, 5th Baron Tredegar (1873–1954)

After the childless death of Morgan's brother Godfrey Morgan, 1st Viscount Tredegar in 1913, his eldest son Courtenay Morgan inherited the title of Baron Tredegar and the family estates.

Web links

• Frederic Courtenay Morgan on thepeerage.com , accessed October 30, 2017.
• Hon. Frederick Morgan at Hansard (English)