Sir Edmund Morgan was a Welsh politician who sat in the House of Commons

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  in 1601 and 1621.

Morgan was the second son of Henry Morgan of Llandaff and Penllwyn-Sarth. He was a captain in the army and was knighted probably at Dublin on 5 August 1599.

In 1601, Morgan was elected Member of Parliament

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 for Wilton

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. He was High Sheriff of Monmouthshire

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 in 1602. In 1621 he was elected MP for Monmouthshire

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Morgan married a daughter of Mr Francis in around 1600. He was the brother of Henry Morgan

Henry Morgan (of Llandaff)

Henry Morgan was a Welsh politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1601.Morgan was the eldest son of Henry Morgan of Llandaff and Penllwyn-Sarth. In 1601, he was elected Member of Parliament for Monmouthshire. He was High Sheriff of Monmouthshire in 1603.Morgan married Cicely Welsh, daughter...

of Llandaff, also MP for Monmouthshire.