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Charles Morgan, 1st Baron Tredegar

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The Right Honourable
The Lord Tredegar
Portrait by Richard Buckner
Born(1792-04-10)10 April 1792
Died16 April 1875(1875-04-16) (aged 83)
NationalityEnglish
Political partyWhig
ChildrenGodfrey Morgan, 1st Viscount Tredegar (son)
Charles Rodney Morgan (son)
Frederick Courtenay Morgan (son)

Charles Morgan Robinson Morgan, 1st Baron Tredegar (10 April 1792 – 16 April 1875) was an English Whig peer and a member of the House of Lords.

He was the son of Lt.-Col. Sir Charles Morgan, 2nd Baronet, and his wife, the former Mary Margaret Stoney, and was educated at Harrow School, Westminster School and Christ Church, Oxford (1811).

He was first elected Member of Parliament (MP) for Brecon in 1812 and was re-elected in 1830 and 1835.

He served in the militia, eventually becoming a commander, and was appointed High Sheriff of Monmouthshire for 1821–22 and High Sheriff of Brecknockshire for 1850–51. He was created Baron Tredegar in 1859[1] and was Lord Lieutenant of Monmouthshire from 1866 until his death.

He died in April 1875. He had married Rosamund, the daughter of Godfrey Basil Mundy, in late 1827 and had five sons and six daughters. He was succeeded by his son Godfrey Morgan, 1st Viscount Tredegar.[1]

References

  1. ^ 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.
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Brecon
1812–1818 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Brecon
1830–1832 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Brecon
1835–1847 		Succeeded by
Honorary titles
Preceded by
William Pearce
 High Sheriff of Brecknockshire
1850 		Succeeded by
Robert Raikes
Preceded by Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire
1866–1875 		Succeeded by
Peerage of the United Kingdom
New creation Baron Tredegar
1859–1875 		Succeeded by
Baronetage of Great Britain
Preceded by Baronet
(of Tredegar)
1846–1875 		Succeeded by
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