Baron Tredegar
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It was created in 1859 for the Welsh
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politician Sir Charles Morgan, 3rd Baronet
Charles Morgan, 1st Baron Tredegar
Charles Morgan, 1st Baron Tredegar was an English peer and member of the House of Lords. He represented the constituency of Brecon....
, who had earlier represented Brecon
Brecon (UK Parliament constituency)
Brecon was a parliamentary constituency in Wales which returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom and its predecessors, from 1542 until it was abolished for the 1885 general election.-Boundaries:...
in Parliament. His eldest son, Charles Rodney Morgan
Charles Rodney Morgan
Charles Rodney Morgan was a British politician. He was the Conservative Member of Parliament for Brecon from 1852 until his death in 1854, in Marseilles. He was the son of Charles Morgan, 1st Baron Tredegar.-References:*...
, sat as Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
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fora Brecon, but predeceased his father. Lord Tredegar was therefore succeeded by his second son, the second Baron.
He was a politician and soldier, and notably commanded a section of the Light Brigade
Charge of the Light Brigade
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at the Battle of Balaclava
Battle of Balaclava
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during the Crimean War
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. Godfrey was 22 and Captain in the 17th Lancers
17th Lancers
The 17th Lancers was a cavalry regiment of the British Army, notable for its participation in the Charge of the Light Brigade in the Crimean War...
. His horse, Sir Briggs, also survived, and lived at Tredegar House
Tredegar House
Tredegar House in Newport, set in the 90 acre Tredegar Park, is one of the best examples of a 17th century Charles II country house mansion in the United Kingdom.-History of the Building:...
until his death at the age of 28. He was buried with full military honours in the Cedar Garden at the House. The monument still stands there today.
In 1905 he was created Viscount Tredegar, of Tredegar in the County of Monmouth, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. He never married and the viscountcy became extinct on his death in 1913. He was succeeded in the baronetcy and barony by his nephew, Courtenay, the third Baron. He was the eldest son of the Hon. Frederick Courtenay Morgan
Frederick Courtenay Morgan
Colonel Frederick Courtenay Morgan was a British Army officer and Conservative politician.-Biography:Morgan was the son of Sir Charles Morgan Robinson Morgan, 1st Baron Tredegar, 3rd Bt., by his wife Rosamund Mundy. Morgan was commissioned into the Rifle Brigade in 1853 and fought in the Crimean...
, third son of the first Baron. In 1926 the viscountcy was revived when he was created Viscount Tredegar, of Tredegar in the County of Monmouth, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. Lord Tredegar subsequently served as Lord-Lieutenant of Monmouthshire.
He was succeeded by his only son, the second Viscount. He was a poet and well-known eccentric. Lord Tredegar was childless and the viscountcy became extinct on his death in 1949. He was succeeded in the baronetcy and barony by his uncle, the fifth Baron. He was a younger son of the aforementioned the Hon. Frederic Courtenay Morgan. On his death the titles passed to his son, the sixth Baron. When he died in 1962 the baronetcy and barony became extinct as well.
The Morgan family descended from William Morgan
William Morgan (of Machen and Tredegar)
William Morgan was a Welsh politician of the 17th century.Morgan was the eldest son and heir of Thomas Morgan , of Machen, and his second wife, Elizabeth Windham....
, Member of Parliament for Monmouthshire. His eldest son Thomas Morgan
Thomas Morgan (of Dderw)
Thomas Morgan, JP was a Welsh Whig politician of the 17th century.The eldest son of William Morgan and his first wife Blanche, Morgan inherited his father's estate upon the latter's death in 1680...
was Member of Parliament for Brecon and Monmouthshire. All his children predeceased him and he left his estates to his younger brother John Morgan
John Morgan (of Rhiwpera)
John Morgan was a Welsh politician of the early 18th century.Morgan was the youngest son of William Morgan and his wife Blanche. When his elder brother Thomas Morgan died without surviving children in 1700, he inherited the family estates, the two middle brothers having predeceased him...
(1670-1720), who sat as Member of Parliament for Monmouthshire and served as Lord-Lieutenant of Breconshire and Monmouthshire. He also succeeded to the estate of his uncle and namesake, John Morgan (d. 1715), High Sheriff of Monmouthshire in 1697 and Member of Parliament for Monmouth, a merchant who had amassed a great fortune in London. John Morgan's eldest son Sir William Morgan
William Morgan (of Tredegar, elder)
Sir William Morgan, KB was a Welsh Whig politician of the early 18th century.Morgan was the eldest son of John Morgan, a Whig of great political influence in Brecknockshire and Monmouthshire...
was Member of Parliament for Monmouthshire from 1722 to 1731. His eldest son William Morgan
William Morgan (of Tredegar, younger)
William Morgan was a Welsh politician of the mid-18th century.He was the eldest son of Sir William Morgan and his wife Lady Rachel Cavendish, daughter of William Cavendish, 2nd Duke of Devonshire. He inherited the Tredegar Estate upon his father's death in 1725. Morgan matriculated at Christ...
sat as Member of Parliament for Monmouthshire from 1747 to 1763. His uncle Thomas Morgan
Thomas Morgan (judge advocate)
Thomas Morgan was a Welsh politician and lawyer of the 18th century.He was the younger son of John Morgan and his wife Martha. Thomas received the estate of Rhiwpera upon his father's death in 1720. He entered the House of Commons as Member of Parliament for Brecon in 1723, which he represented...
(the son of John Morgan
John Morgan (of Rhiwpera)
John Morgan was a Welsh politician of the early 18th century.Morgan was the youngest son of William Morgan and his wife Blanche. When his elder brother Thomas Morgan died without surviving children in 1700, he inherited the family estates, the two middle brothers having predeceased him...
, known as "the General", was Member of Parliament for Brecon, Monmouthshire and Breconshire and served as Judge Advocate General from 1741 to 1768. His eldest son Thomas Morgan
Thomas Morgan (of Rhiwpera)
Thomas Morgan was a Welsh politician, of the family of Morgan of Tredegar. He was the eldest son of Thomas Morgan and his wife Jane Colchester.Morgan represented Brecon in the House of Commons from 1754 until 1763...
was Member of Parliament for Brecon and Monmouthshire. His younger brother Charles Morgan sat as Member of Parliament for Brecon and Breconshire. His younger brother John Morgan
John Morgan (of Dderw)
John Morgan was a Welsh politician of the mid-to-late 18th century, the youngest son of Thomas Morgan and his wife, Jane....
of Dderw was Member of Parliament for Brecon and Monmouthshire. On his death the male line of the Morgan family failed. His sister and heiress Jane Morgan married Charles Gould. He sat as Member of Parliament for Brecon and Breconshire and served as Judge Advocate General from 1768 to 1806. He was knighted in 1779 and created a Baronet, of Tredegar in the County of Monmouth, in the Baronetage of Great Britain in 1792.
The day after his elevation to a baronetcy he assumed by Royal license the surname of Morgan in lieu of his patronymic. He was succeeded by his eldest son, the second Baronet. He was a Lieutenant-General in the British Army and served as Commander-in-Chief of the West Indies. He was succeeded by his eldest son, the aforementioned third Baronet, who was elevated to the peerage in 1859. See above for further history of the baronetcy.
Octavius Morgan, fourth son of the second Baronet, was a politician, historian and antiquary.
Morgan Baronets, of Tredegar (1792)
- Sir Charles Gould Morgan, 1st Baronet (1726–1806)
- Sir Charles Morgan, 2nd BaronetSir Charles Morgan, 2nd BaronetLieutenant-Colonel Sir Charles Gould Morgan, 2nd Baronet , was a Welsh soldier and politician, the MP for Brecon and later the County of Monmouth ....
(1760–1846) - Sir Charles Morgan Robinson Morgan, 3rd BaronetCharles Morgan, 1st Baron TredegarCharles Morgan, 1st Baron Tredegar was an English peer and member of the House of Lords. He represented the constituency of Brecon....
(1792–1875) (created Baron Tredegar in 1859)
Baron Tredegar (1859)
- Charles Morgan Robinson Morgan, 1st Baron TredegarCharles Morgan, 1st Baron TredegarCharles Morgan, 1st Baron Tredegar was an English peer and member of the House of Lords. He represented the constituency of Brecon....
(1792–1875) - Godfrey Charles Morgan, 2nd Baron TredegarGodfrey Morgan, 1st Viscount TredegarGodfrey Charles Morgan, 1st Viscount Tredegar was a British Army officer and British politician.Tredegar was born on 28 April 1831 in Ruperra Castle, Glamorganshire...
(1830–1913) (created Viscount Tredegar in 1905)
Viscounts Tredegar; First creation (1905)
- Godfrey Charles Morgan, 1st Viscount TredegarGodfrey Morgan, 1st Viscount TredegarGodfrey Charles Morgan, 1st Viscount Tredegar was a British Army officer and British politician.Tredegar was born on 28 April 1831 in Ruperra Castle, Glamorganshire...
(1830–1913)
Baron Tredegar (1859; Reverted)
- Courtenay Charles Evan Morgan, 3rd Baron TredegarCourtenay Morgan, 1st Viscount TredegarCourtenay Charles Evan Morgan, 1st Viscount Tredegar OBE, VD , was a British peer.Morgan was the eldest son of the Honourable Frederick Courtenay Morgan, of Ruperra Castle, third son of Charles Morgan, 1st Baron Tredegar. His mother was Charlotte Anne, daughter of Charles Alexander Wilkinson, of...
(1867–1934) (created Viscount Tredegar in 1926)
Viscounts Tredegar; Second creation (1926)
- Courtenay Charles Evan Morgan, 1st Viscount TredegarCourtenay Morgan, 1st Viscount TredegarCourtenay Charles Evan Morgan, 1st Viscount Tredegar OBE, VD , was a British peer.Morgan was the eldest son of the Honourable Frederick Courtenay Morgan, of Ruperra Castle, third son of Charles Morgan, 1st Baron Tredegar. His mother was Charlotte Anne, daughter of Charles Alexander Wilkinson, of...
(1867–1934) - Evan Frederic Morgan, 2nd Viscount TredegarEvan Morgan, 2nd Viscount TredegarEvan Frederic Morgan, 2nd Viscount Tredegar was a Welsh poet and author. The only son of Courtenay Morgan, 1st Viscount Tredegar, of Tredegar Park, Monmouthshire, and Lady Katherine Carnegie, he was a chamberlain to Popes Benedict XV and Pius XI yet, as an accomplished occultist, was hailed by...
(1893–1949)
Baron Tredegar (1859; Reverted)
- Frederic George Morgan, 5th Baron Tredegar (1873–1954)
- (Frederic Charles) John Morgan, 6th Baron Tredegar (1908–1962)