Sir Thomas Morgan, 1st Baronet
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, and Commander-in-Chief in Scotland during the Restoration.
At 16, having at that time little knowledge of any language but Welsh, Morgan enlisted in Sir Horace Vere 's Protestant volunteer expedition which fought in the Thirty Years’ War.
Morgan fought in the Low Countries and in particular assisted the Dutch in the decisive victory at the battle of the Slaak
Battle of the Slaak
The naval Battle of the Slaak was a Dutch victory during the Eighty Years' War. The Dutch prevented the Spanish army from dividing the Dutch United Provinces in two.-Background:...
in 1631, and then under Fairfax in the thirty years war. In 1645 he was appointed parliamentary governor of Gloucester. In 1646 he took Chepstow Castle
Chepstow Castle
Chepstow Castle , located in Chepstow, Monmouthshire in Wales, on top of cliffs overlooking the River Wye, is the oldest surviving post-Roman stone fortification in Britain...
and Moumouth, and besieged Raglan Castle
Raglan Castle
Raglan Castle is a late medieval castle located just north of the village of Raglan in the county of Monmouthshire in south east Wales. The modern castle dates from between the 15th and early 17th-centuries, when the successive ruling families of the Herberts and the Somersets created a luxurious,...
. From 1651 to 1657 he assisted General George Monck in Scotland and was promoted to major-general. He was second in command in Flanders in 1657 and knighted on his return in 1668. He rejoined Monck in Scotland, and played a conspicuous part in the Restoration in Edinburgh. He was appointed Governor of Jersey in 1665 repairing the Jersey forts and reorganising the militia.
A pamphlet narrating his acts in France and Flanders in 1657 and 1658, said to be by himself was published in 1699.