Sir Walter Vaughan Morgan, 1st Baronet (3 May 1831 – 12 November 1916), was a British businessman. He was the sixth son of Thomas Morgan of Pipton

Pipton

Pipton is a small settlement and former civil parish in Powys, Wales on the Afon Llynfi near its confluence with the River Wye. It was formerly in the county of Brecknockshire and is now part of the Community of Bronllys...

, near Glasbury

Glasbury

Glasbury , also known as Glasbury-on-Wye, is a village in Powys, Wales which lies at an important crossing point on the River Wye, connecting the former counties of Brecknockshire and Radnorshire. The village is just outside the Brecon Beacons National Park, north of the Black Mountains. The...

, Breconshire and his wife Elizabeth Vaughan. He served as Sheriff of London for 1900 and was elected Lord Mayor of London

Lord Mayor of London

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 in 1905. In 1906 he was created a Baronet, of Whitehall Court in the City of Westminster.

His youngest brother Octavius Vaughan Morgan

Octavius Vaughan Morgan

Octavius Vaughan Morgan was a Welsh-born Liberal Party politician who sat in the United Kingdom House of Commons from 1885 to 1892....

, FSA (1837–96) was a Liberal

Liberal Party (UK)

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 MP

Member of Parliament

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 for Battersea

Battersea (UK Parliament constituency)

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from 1885 until 1892.