John Morgan, 6th Baron Tredegar

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Tredegar House, the Morgan family home sold by John Morgan in 1951

Frederic Charles John Morgan, 6th Baron Tredegar , called John Morgan, 6th Baron Tredegar (born October 26, 1908 , † November 17, 1962 ) was a British nobleman and politician.

John Morgan came from a branch of the Welsh aristocratic Morgan family . He was the only son of Frederic Morgan and his wife Dorothy Syssylt and attended Eton College . During World War II , he served as an officer in the King's Own Scottish Borderers between 1939 and 1945 and later on staffs in Great Britain and the Middle East , rising to first lieutenant. His cousin Evan Morgan, 2nd Viscount Tredegar, died childless in 1949. Morgan's father inherited the title of Baron Tredegar , while Evan Morgan inherited the family's lands directly to John Morgan to save inheritance taxes. However, Morgan sold the property including the family estate Tredegar House over the next few years . After the death of his father in 1954, he inherited the title of Baron Tredegar, making him a member of the House of Lords . In the same year he married Joanna Russell , but the marriage remained childless. With his death, the Morgan family died out in the male line, with it the title Baron Tredegar and the subordinate title Baronet Morgan . Morgan had previously given the family archive to the National Library of Wales , and upon his childless death it became the permanent property of the library.

literature

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

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predecessor Office successor
Frederic Morgan Baron Tredegar
1954–1962 		Title expired
personal data
SURNAME Morgan, John, 6th Baron Tredegar
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Morgan, John; Morgan, Frederic Charles John, 6th Baron Tredegar (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British nobleman and officer
DATE OF BIRTH October 26, 1908
DATE OF DEATH 17th November 1962