Charles Rodney Morgan

Charles Rodney Morgan
Member of Parliament for Brecon
In office
1852–1854
Preceded byJohn Lloyd Vaughan Watkins
Succeeded byJohn Lloyd Vaughan Watkins
Personal details
Born2 December 1828
Died14 January 1854(1854-01-14) (aged 25)
Marseille, France
NationalityWelsh
ChildrenCharles Marie Émile Morgan
Parent

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

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

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

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

His granddaughter Berthe Loïse Juliette Morgan was married to French Vice Admiral François Darlan.[7][8]

References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "WELSH MEMBERS AND WELSH CONSTITUENCIES. By One Who Knows Them. Chapter XV". Western Mail. 29 December 1873. p. 3. Retrieved 11 December 2023.
  4. ^ Morgan, Walter Thomas. "MORGAN family, of Tredegar Park, Monmouth". biography.wales. Dictionary of Welsh Biography. Retrieved 11 December 2023.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ "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.
  7. ^ Recueil général des lois et des arrêts (in French). Bureaux de l'administration. 1944. p. 22. Retrieved 11 December 2023.
  8. ^ "François Darlan | Vichy Regent, WWII Admiral, French Navy". www.britannica.com. Britannica. Retrieved 11 December 2023.
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