Frederick Courtenay Morgan

Colonel The Honourable Frederic Courtenay Morgan
Morgan in front of Ruperra Castle
Member of Parliament for South Monmouthshire
In office 1885–1906
Preceded by	New constituency
Succeeded by	Ivor Treowen
Member of Parliament for Monmouthshire
In office 1874–1880 Serving with Lord Henry Somerset, John Rolls
Preceded by	Octavius Morgan Lord Henry Somerset
Succeeded by	Constituency divided
Personal details
Born	(1834-05-24)24 May 1834
Died	9 January 1909(1909-01-09) (aged 74)
Nationality	Welsh
Spouse	Charlotte Anne Williamson
Children	Courtenay Morgan, 1st Viscount Tredegar, Frederic Morgan, 5th Baron Tredegar
Parent	Charles Morgan, 1st Baron Tredegar (father)

"Fred"
Morgan as caricatured by Spy (Leslie Ward) in Vanity Fair, November 1893

Colonel Hon. Frederic Courtenay Morgan (24 May 1834 – 8 January 1909)[1] was a Welsh Army officer and Conservative politician.

Early life

Morgan was the son of Charles Morgan, 1st Baron Tredegar, 3rd Bt., by his wife Rosamund Mundy. Among his siblings were Charles Rodney Morgan (MP for Brecon),[2] Hon. Rosamond Marion Morgan (wife of Sir William Style, 9th Baronet),[3] Godfrey Morgan, 1st Viscount Tredegar (MP for Breconshire),[4] Hon. Selina Maria Morgan (wife of David Robertson Williamson),[3] Hon. Frances Henrietta Morgan (wife of Sir George Forestier-Walker, 2nd Baronet),[3] Hon. Ellen Sarah Morgan (wife of Lt.-Col. Henry Gore Lindsay, chief constable of Glamorgan),[3] Hon. Georgiana Charlotte Morgan (wife of Lord Francis Conyngham and Lt.-Col. Alan George Chichester)[3] Hon. Arthur John Morgan,[3] Hon. George Gould Morgan,[3] and Hon. Mary Anna Morgan (wife of Robert Devereux, 16th Viscount Hereford).[3]

His paternal grandparents were Lt.-Col. Sir Charles Morgan, 2nd Baronet, and his wife, the former Mary Margaret Stoney.[5]

Career

Morgan was commissioned into the Rifle Brigade in 1853 and fought in the Crimean War. He was promoted lieutenant in 1854 and captain in 1855. In 1860 he left the Regular Army and joined the 2nd Monmouthshire (1st Newport) Rifle Volunteers, becoming lieutenant-colonel commanding the 1st Administrative Battalion of the Monmouthshire Rifle Volunteers later the same year. He resigned his commission in 1873. He later commanded the 2nd Volunteer Battalion of the South Wales Borderers and was promoted colonel.

Political career

Morgan was elected Member of Parliament for Monmouthshire in the 1874 general election and held it until the reorganisation under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885. In the 1885 general election, he was elected MP for South Monmouthshire. He was re-elected successively four more times in 1886, 1892, 1895, and 1900. His uncle Charles Octavius Swinnerton Morgan (1803–1888) had represented the old constituency of Monmouthshire from 1840 to 1874.

Personal life

Morgan married Charlotte Anne Williamson, the daughter of Charles Alexander Williamson of Lawers, and had two sons and two daughters; both of his sons (and two grandsons) eventually succeeded to the Tredegar barony with the elder son and his own son becoming viscounts (1926 recreation). Children:

• Blanche Frances Morgan (1859–1948), who married Charles Twysden Hoare in 1883.
• Violet Wilhelmina Morgan (1860–1943), who married Maj. Basil St. John Mundy, in 1894
• Courtenay Charles Evan Morgan, 1st Viscount Tredegar (1867–1934), who was re-created a viscount in 1926, but this title died out with his son in 1949. The barony then passed to the younger son.
• Frederic George Morgan, 5th Baron Tredegar (1873–1954); he was father of the 6th and last Baron Tredegar (1908–1962). The title is now extinct.

Morgan lived at Rhiwperra or Ruperra Castle, and died at the age of 74.[6][7]

References

1. William Paget; Mary Paget (1985). Man of the valleys: the recollections of a South Wales miner. A. Sutton. p. 159. ISBN 978-0-86299-244-6.
2. "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.
3. Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire. Burke's Peerage Limited. 1907. pp. 1653–1654. Retrieved 11 December 2023.
4. "VISCOUNT TREDEGAR". The Guardian. 12 March 1913. p. 16. Retrieved 11 December 2023.
5. Morgan, Walter Thomas. "MORGAN family, of Tredegar Park, Monmouth". biography.wales. Dictionary of Welsh Biography. Retrieved 11 December 2023.
6. "SOLDIER AND POLITICIAN. DEATH OF THE HON. F. C. MORGAN". Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser Manchester. 9 January 1909. p. 6. Retrieved 11 December 2023.
7. "COL. MORGAN'S WILL". The South Wales Gazette and Newport News Abertillery. 26 February 1909. p. 7. Retrieved 11 December 2023.

External links

• Media related to Frederick Courtenay Morgan at Wikimedia Commons
• History of the Morgans of Tredegar
• History of Ruperra Castle Archived 5 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine includes profiles of the 1st Viscount and his brother Col Freddy Morgan.
• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Frederick Morgan

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Octavius Morgan Lord Henry Somerset	Member of Parliament for Monmouthshire 1874 – 1885 With: Lord Henry Somerset to 1880 John Rolls from 1880	Constituency divided
New constituency	Member of Parliament for South Monmouthshire 1885 – 1906	Succeeded by Ivor Treowen