Charles Rodney Morgan | |
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| Member of Parliament for Brecon | |
| In office 1852–1854 | |
| Preceded by | John Lloyd Vaughan Watkins |
| Succeeded by | John Lloyd Vaughan Watkins |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 2 December 1828 |
| Died | 14 January 1854 (aged 25) Marseille, France |
| Nationality | Welsh |
| Children | Charles Marie Émile Morgan |
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Charles Rodney Morgan (2 December 1828 – 14 January 1854) was a Welsh politician. He was the Conservative Member of Parliament for Brecon from 1852 until his death in 1854.
Early life[edit]
Morgan was born on 2 December 1828. He was the eldest son of Charles Morgan, 1st Baron Tredegar and Rosamund Mundy (the daughter of Maj.-Gen. Godfrey Basil Meynell Mundy).[1] Among his siblings were Godfrey Morgan, 1st Viscount Tredegar, an MP for Breconshire, and Frederick Courtenay Morgan, MP for Monmouthshire and South Monmouthshire.[2]
Career[edit]
Morgan was the Conservative Member of Parliament for Brecon, the seat held by successive generations of his family, from 1852 until his death in 1854, in Marseille[3]
Personal life[edit]
Morgan had a relationship with Émilie Renaud.[4] Together, they were the parents of Charles Marie Émile Morgan.[5]
Morgan died on 14 January 1854,[6] before he could accede to his father's titles.[2]
Descendants[edit]
His granddaughter Berthe Loïse Juliette Morgan was married to French Vice Admiral François Darlan.[7][8]
References[edit]
- ^ Escott, Margaret. "MORGAN, Charles Morgan Robinson (1792-1875), of Ruperra, Glam. and Tredegar, Mon". www.historyofparliamentonline.org. History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 11 December 2023.
- ^ a b Thomas Nicholas (1872). Annals and Antiquities of the Counties and County Families of Wales: Containing a Record of All Ranks of the Gentry ... with Many Ancient Pedigrees and Memorials of Old and Extinct Families. Longmans, Green, Reader. p. 785.
- ^ "WELSH MEMBERS AND WELSH CONSTITUENCIES. By One Who Knows Them. Chapter XV". Western Mail. 29 December 1873. p. 3. Retrieved 11 December 2023.
- ^ Morgan, Walter Thomas. "MORGAN family, of Tredegar Park, Monmouth". biography.wales. Dictionary of Welsh Biography. Retrieved 11 December 2023.
- ^ Dieudonné, Julien; Cacqueray, Aurélie de; Provence, Myriam (1999). Familles d'écrivains (in French). Archives & culture. p. 60. ISBN 978-2-911665-31-8. Retrieved 11 December 2023.
- ^ "DEATH OF CHARLES RODNEY MORGAN, ESQ., M.P." The Bristol Mercury and Daily Post, Western Countries and South Wales Advertiser. 21 January 1854. p. 4. Retrieved 11 December 2023.
- ^ Recueil général des lois et des arrêts (in French). Bureaux de l'administration. 1944. p. 22. Retrieved 11 December 2023.
- ^ "François Darlan | Vichy Regent, WWII Admiral, French Navy". www.britannica.com. Britannica. Retrieved 11 December 2023.
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