Godfrey Morgan, 1st Viscount Tredegar

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Gofrey Morgan, 1st Viscount Tredegar. Equestrian Monument in Cardiff

Godfrey Charles Morgan, 1st Viscount Tredegar (born April 28, 1831 in Ruperra Castle , † March 12, 1913 ) was a British nobleman, military man and politician.

Godfrey Morgan came from the Welsh Morgan family . He was the second son of Charles Morgan and his wife Rosamund Mundy. His father was a wealthy member of the gentry of South Wales and was promoted to Baron Tredegar in 1859 . Godfrey Morgan attended Eton College before joining the British Army as an officer . In 1853 he was promoted to captain of the 17th Lancers . During the Crimean War , he took part in the Light Brigade attack in 1854 . Sir Briggs , the horse he took part in the attack, he took with him to Wales after the war. After the horse's death, he had it buried in the garden of his Tredegar House estate in 1874 . In 1855 Morgan retired from the army. Due to the early death of his older brother Charles in 1854, he became his father's heir. In the general election in 1858 he was elected as a candidate for the Conservative Party as MP for Brecknockshire . In the following three elections he was re-elected until he inherited the title of Baron Tredegar after the death of his father in 1875. He became a member of the House of Lords and resigned from the House of Commons . He took over the offices of Deputy Lieutenant and Justice of the Peace and from 1899 that of Lord Lieutenant of Monmouth , in addition he was Chairman of Monmouth County Council and from 1885 Colonel of Honor of the Royal Monmouth Engineer Militia . On August 4, 1905, he was raised to Viscount Tredegar because of his services in Wales . In 1909 an equestrian monument created by William Goscombe John was erected to him in Gorsedd Gardens in Cardiff .

He had also inherited the family estates from his father, which included Tredegar House and over 160 km 2 of land, mainly in South Wales. Around 1910 he had Ruperra Castle rebuilt the house he was born in and built new stables. Morgan remained unmarried herself. After his death, his nephew Courtenay Morgan inherited the title of Baron Tredegar, while the title of Viscount Tredegar expired upon his death.

literature

  • TREDEGAR. In: Who Was Who, A&C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2016; Oxford University Press; online edn, April 2014

Web links

Commons : Godfrey Morgan, 1st Viscount Tredegar  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ The National Trust: The Cedar Garden at Tredegar House. Retrieved October 30, 2017 .
  2. ↑ Cardiff Parks: Gorsedd Gardens. Retrieved October 29, 2017 .
  3. ↑ British listed Buildings: Ruperra Castle. Retrieved November 6, 2017 .
predecessor Office successor
New title created Viscount Tredegar
1905-1913 		Title expired
Courtenay Morgan Baron Tredegar
1875-1913 		Courtenay Morgan
personal data
SURNAME Morgan, Godfrey, 1st Viscount Tredegar
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Morgan, Godfrey Charles, 1st Viscount Tredegar (full name); Morgan, Godfrey, 2nd Baron Tredegar
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British nobleman, military man and politician
DATE OF BIRTH April 28, 1831
PLACE OF BIRTH Ruperra Castle
DATE OF DEATH March 12, 1913