John Morgan (politician, 1861)
John Lloyd Morgan (born February 13, 1861 in Carmarthen , † May 17, 1944 ) was a British lawyer, judge and politician who was elected seven times as a member of the House of Commons .
Life
John Morgan was a younger son of the Anglican clergyman William Morgan and his wife Margaret Rees. His father was a professor of theology at Presbyterian College in Carmarthen. Morgan attended Tettenhall College in Staffordshire and Owens College in Manchester before studying at Trinity Hall in Cambridge. He graduated with a bachelor's degree before being admitted to the Inner Temple in London in 1884 as a barrister . As a candidate for the Liberal Party , he was elected member of the House of Commons for West Carmarthenshire in a by-election in 1889 . He was re-elected in the following general election until January 1910. Eventually he resigned when he became a judge on the Carmarthen County Court . He had become Crown Attorney by 1906 , and from 1908 to 1910 he was a recorder for Swansea . In 1926 he retired.
Morgan published a biography of his father in 1886. He made special donations to Union Street Chapel in Carmarthen, his father's church, and was buried in the church cemetery after his death.
Works
- Life of the Rev. William Morgan ... With sermons . London 1886
literature
- MORGAN His Honor John Lloyd. In: Who Was Who, A&C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2016; online edn, Oxford University Press, April 2014
Web links
- Thomas Mardy Rees: MORGAN, JOHN LLOYD (Dictionary of Welsh Biography, The National Library of Wales)
- Mr John Morgan at Hansard (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ The National Library of Wales :: Dictionary of Welsh Biography . Retrieved November 3, 2017.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Morgan, John |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Morgan, John Lloyd |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British lawyer, judge and politician, Member of the House of Commons |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 13, 1861 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Carmarthen |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 17, 1944 |