Charles Morgan, 1st Baron Tredegar

Charles Morgan Robinson Morgan, 1st Baron Tredegar (10 April 1792 – 16 April 1875), known as Sir Charles Morgan Robinson Morgan, 3rd Baronet from 1846 to 1859, was a Welsh Whig peer and a member of the House of Lords.

The Right Honourable The Lord Tredegar
Portrait of Lord Tredegar by Richard Buckner, c. 1850
Member of Parliament for Brecon
In office 1835–1847
Preceded by	John Lloyd Vaughan Watkins
Succeeded by	John Lloyd Vaughan Watkins
In office 1830–1832
Preceded by	George Gould Morgan
Succeeded by	John Lloyd Vaughan Watkins
In office 1812–1818
Preceded by	Sir Robert Salusbury
Succeeded by	George Gould Morgan
Personal details
Born	Charles Morgan Robinson Morgan (1792-04-10)10 April 1792
Died	16 April 1875(1875-04-16) (aged 83)
Nationality	Welsh
Political party	Whig
Spouse	Rosamund Mundy ​ (m. 1827)​
Children	11, including Charles, Godfrey, Frederick
Parent(s)	Sir Charles Morgan, 2nd Baronet Mary Margaret Stoney
Education	Harrow School Westminster School
Alma mater	Christ Church, Oxford

Early life

Morgan was born on 10 April 1792.^[1] He was the eldest son of Lt.-Col. Sir Charles Morgan, 2nd Baronet, and his wife, the former Mary Margaret Stoney. Among his younger brothers were George Gould Morgan, MP for Brecon,^[2] Charles Augustus Samuel Morgan,^[3][4][5] and the antiquarian Charles Octavius Swinnerton Morgan.^[6] Among his sisters were Maria (wife of Francis Miles Milman),^[7] Charlotte (wife of George Rodney, 3rd Baron Rodney),^[7] and Angelina (wife of Sir Hugh Owen, 2nd Baronet).^[7]

His maternal grandfather was Capt. George Stoney of the Royal Navy.^[8] His paternal grandparents were Sir Charles Morgan, 1st Baronet (originally Charles Gould) and the former Jane Morgan (daughter of Judge Advocate Thomas Morgan).^[9] His great aunt Jane married the industrialist Samuel Homfray.^[10]

He was educated at Harrow School, Westminster School and Christ Church, Oxford (1811).^[11]

Career

Portrait of Lord Tredegar, between 1840 and 1850

He was first elected Member of Parliament (MP) for Brecon in 1812 and was re-elected in 1830 and 1835. Upon his father's death in 1846, he succeeded the Morgan Baronetcy, created for his grandfather in 1792.^[12]

He served in the Glamorgan Yeomanry and later in the militia (the Royal Glamorgan Light Infantry, commissioned as Major on 3 April 1849),^[13] and was appointed High Sheriff of Monmouthshire for 1821–22 and High Sheriff of Brecknockshire for 1850–51. He was created Baron Tredegar, of Tredegar in the County of Monmouth on 16 April 1859^[14][15] and was Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire from 1866 until his death.^[11]

He served as chairman of the Monmouthshire Railway and Canal Company, chairman of the Alexandra Dock Company.^[16] He also served as president of the Royal Agricultural Society and president of Equitable Life Assurance Society from 1846 until his death in 1875.^[16]

Personal life

Tredegar House

In late 1827, Morgan married Rosamund Mundy, the daughter of Maj.-Gen. Godfrey Basil Meynell Mundy and Sarah Brydges Rodney. Together, they lived at Tredegar House, where he was a noted breeder of shorthorn cattle,^[16] and had five sons and six daughters, including:^[15]

• Charles Rodney Morgan (1828–1854), MP for Brecon.^[17]
• Hon. Rosamond Marion Morgan (1830–1883), who married Sir William Style, 9th Baronet, in 1848.^[8]
• Godfrey Charles Morgan, 1st Viscount Tredegar (1830–1913), an MP for Breconshire who never married.^[18]
• Hon. Selina Maria Morgan (d. 1922), who married David Robertson Williamson, nephew of David Williamson, Lord Balgray, in 1853.^[8]
• Hon. Frederick Courtenay Morgan (1834–1909),^[19] MP for Monmouthshire and South Monmouthshire who married Charlotte Anne Williamson, daughter of Charles Alexander Williamson of Lawers.^[20]
• Hon. Frances Henrietta Morgan (c. 1835–1887), who married Sir George Forestier-Walker, 2nd Baronet, son of Sir George Walker, 1st Baronet, in 1854.^[8]
• Hon. Ellen Sarah Morgan (c. 1836–1916), who married Lt.-Col. Henry Gore Lindsay, chief constable of Glamorgan, in 1856.^[8]
• Hon. Georgiana Charlotte Morgan (c. 1839–1886), who married Lord Francis Conyngham, a son of Francis Conyngham, 2nd Marquess Conyngham, in 1857. After his death she married Lt.-Col. Alan George Chichester (a grandson of the 1st Baron Templemore), in 1882.^[8]
• Hon. Arthur John Morgan (1840–1900), who died unmarried.^[8]
• Hon. George Gould Morgan (1845–1907), who died unmarried.^[8]
• Hon. Mary Anna Morgan (d. 1924), who married Robert Devereux, 16th Viscount Hereford, in 1863.^[8]

Lord Tredegar died on 16 April 1875 and was succeeded by his second son Godfrey as his eldest son, Charles, predeceased him unmarried and without legitimate male issue.^[15]

Descendants

Through his daughter Ellen, he was a grandfather of Lt.-Col. Morgan Lindsay, Maj.-Gen. George Mackintosh Lindsay, Lionel Arthur Lindsay, who was also chief constable of Glamorgan.^[21]

Through his son Frederic,^[19] Morgan was a grandfather of Courtenay and Frederic Morgan, later the 3rd and 5th Barons Tredegar respectively, and great-grandfather of Evan and John Morgan, the 4th and 6th respective Barons Tredegar.^[8]