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MOSTYN, JOHN, brother of Sir Thomas Mostyn, Bart. (adm. 1716, qv); b.; adm. (aged 13) Jun 1722; KS 1723; Capt. of the School 1727; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1728, matr. Jun 1728, Westminster Student 23 Dec 1728 – deprived 10 Dec 1734 (absence); Ensign, 16th Foot 29 Feb 1732; Capt., 6 Nov 1736; Capt. -Lieut., 2nd Foot Guards 2 Sep 1742; Capt. and Lieut. -Col., 2 Apr 1743; wounded at battle of Fontenoy 1745; Brevet Col. and ADC to George II 3 Dec 1747 (listed as ADC, Chamberlayne 1748); Col., 7th Foot (Royal Fusiliers) 26 Jan 1751 – Jul 1754, 13th Dragoons 8 Jul 1754 – Oct 1758; Maj. -Gen., 8 Jul 1757; Col., 5th Dragoons 18 Oct 1758 – Aug 1760; Lieut. -Gen., 8 Apr 1759; Col., 7th Dragoons 18 Aug 1760 – May 1763, 1st Dragoon Guards, from 13 May 1763; Gen., 25 May 1772; MP Malton 30 Dec 1741-68; Groom of the Bedchamber from 20 Jan 1746; Governor and Commander-in-Chief, Minorca, from 2 Mar 1768; defendant in 1773 in an action successfully brought by Anthony Fabrigas, who he had banished from the island (Howell, State Trials, xx, 81-238); d. 13 Feb 1779. DNB.

MORRIS-JONES, THOMAS, only son of William Morris-Jones, Moneyglass House, Toomebridge, co. Antrim, and Anne, dau. of Capt. William Dobbyn, Duneane House, Toome; b. 22 Nov 1720; adm. May 1737 (Taylor's); left 1741; Capt., Dragoons 30 Sep 1743; m. 7 Jun 1740 Elizabeth, dau. of Robert Cope MP (I), Loughgall, co. Armagh; d. 12 Apr 1769.

Morris, Sir Harold Spencer, brother of Alexander Crichton Morris (q.v.); b. Dec. 21, 1876; adm. May 10, 1888 (A); left Dec. 1889; Clifton Coll. Jan. 1890 - Easter 1894; Magd. Coll. Oxon., matric. Michaelmas 1894; B.A. 1897; called to the bar at the Inner Temple Jan. 26 1899; South-eastern Circuit; K.C. Feb. 25, 1921; Recorder of Folkestone Feb. 25, 1921-6: president of the Industrial Court Jan. 23, 1926; M.P. East Bristol 1922-4; served in France in Great War I; Lieut. R.A.F. June 25, 1918; M.B.E. June 3, 1919; knighted Jan. 1, 1927; president of the Industrial Court to Dec. 31, 1945; member of the Interned Enemy Aliens (Austrians and Germans) Tribunal 1941; deputy chairman of Quarter Sessions for Middlesex 1949; Grand Registrar of the United Grand Lodge of England; author of Back View (Peter Davies Ltd.) 1959; m. March 26, 1904, Olga, daughter of Emil Teichmann, of Chislehurst, Kent; d. 11 Nov. 1967.

MORRIS, EDWARD, brother of Charles Morris (qv); b. Jul 1768; adm. 12 Jan 1778; Trinity Hall, Cambridge, adm. pens. 4 Jun 1783, aged 14, scholar 1 Mar 1784; migrated to Peterhouse, Cambridge, adm. pens. 17 Dec 1784, Wort’s Travelling Bachelor 1788; 10th Wrangler 1788; BA 1788; MA 1791; Fellow, Peterhouse 1791; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 1 May 1787, Inner Temple 16 May 1795, called to bar 19 Jun 1795; a Commissioner of Bankrupts (occurs in annual lists 1807-8); MP Newport (Cornwall) 20 Jun 1803-12; Solicitor to the Ordnance 1806-7; a Master in Chancery from 1 Apr 1807; FRS 18 Jun 1812; author The Adventurers, 1790, and two other plays; m. 26 Jan 1805 Hon. Mary Erskine, third dau. of Thomas Erskine, 1st Baron Erskine PC, Lord Chancellor; d. 13 Apr 1815.

MORGAN, WILLIAM, elder son of Sir William Morgan KB MP, Tredegar, Monmouthshire, and Lady Rachel Cavendish, elder dau. of William Cavendish, 2nd Duke of Devonshire (qv); b. 28 Mar 1725; adm. Jun 1738 (Watts'); left 1742; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 9 Jun 1743; MP Monmouthshire from 1747; d. unm. 16 Jul 1763.

MORGAN, SIR JOHN, BART., son of Sir Thomas Morgan, Bart., MP, and Anne, only child of John Roydhouse, Westminster; b. 11 Jul 1710; succ. father as 4th baronet 14 Dec 1716; adm. Apr 1721; in under school list 1722; Queen’s Coll. Oxford, matr. 20 Jun 1726; MA 1729; MP Hereford 1734-41, Herefordshire from 5 May 1755; High Sheriff, Herefordshire 1752; m. 17 Dec 1750 Anne, dau. of Sir John Jacobson, Kt, director South Sea Co.; d. 29 Apr 1767.

MORGAN, GEORGE GOULD, son of Sir Charles Morgan, Bart. (adm. 1771, qv); b. 12 Jul 1794; at school under Carey (Alum. Westmon. , 1852, 402); Ensign, 2nd Foot Guards 4 Jul 1811; Lieut. and Capt. , 26 Oct 1815; half-pay 25 Feb 1819; MP Brecon 1818-30; m. 7 Jul 1824 Eliza Anne, dau. of Rev. William Beville, King Street, Portman Square, London; d. 25 Aug 1845.

MORGAN, SIR CHARLES, eldest son of Sir Charles Morgan, Bart. (qv); b. 4 Feb 1760; adm. 1 Feb 1771; KS 1774; Ensign, 2nd Foot Guards 21 Nov 1777; Lieut. and Capt., 22 Mar 1781; Capt. and Lieut. -Col., 14 May 1790; retd. 4 Dec 1792; served in American war, and taken prisoner at Yorktown; MP Brecon Dec 1787-96, Monmouthshire 1796-1831; assumed surname and arms of Morgan in lieu of Gould 20 Nov 1792; succ. father as 2nd baronet 6 Dec 1806; DCL Oxford 13 Jun 1834; “a staunch supporter of the agricultural interest of Monmouthshire”; m. 6 Apr 1791 Mary Magdalene, only child of Capt. George Stoney, Royal Navy; d. 5 Dec 1846.

MORGAN, SIR CHARLES, BART., elder son of King Gould, Westminster, Deputy Judge Advocate Gen., and Elizabeth, dau. of Charles Shaw, Besthorpe, Norfolk; b. 25 Apr 1726; adm. Sep 1735; KS 1739; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1743, matr. 1 Jun 1743, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1743 – Feb 1753, Faculty Student 1 Feb 1753 – res 22 Dec 1757; BA 1747; MA 1750; DCL 8 Jul 1773; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 11 Jan 1742/3, called to bar 20 Nov 1750; Deputy Judge Advocate Gen. 1754-69, Judge Advocate Gen. 1769 – res Feb 1806; Chancellor, Diocese of Salisbury 1772-99; MP Brecon Apr 1778 – Jun 1787, Breconshire Jun 1787-1806; knighted 5 May 1779; created baronet 15 Nov 1792; assumed surname of Morgan in lieu of Gould 16 Nov 1792, on his wife inheriting estates of Morgan family in South Wales; Privy Councillor 22 Sep 1802; m. 18 Feb 1758 Jane, eldest dau. of Thomas Morgan MP, Ruperra, Glamorgan, Lord Lieut., Monmouthshire and Breconshire; d. 7 Dec 1806. DNB.

MORGAN, CHARLES OCTAVIUS SWINNERTON, fourth son of Sir Charles Morgan, Bart. (adm. 1771, qv); b. 15 Sep 1803; adm. 19 Jun 1816 (Packharness', later Stelfox's, head of house 1821); Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 26 Jun 1822; BA 1825; MA 1832; MP (Conservative) Monmouthshire Feb 1841-74; FSA 1830, Vice-Pres.; FRS 2 Feb 1832; a well-known antiquary and collector of gold and silver plate; DL Monmouthshire, JP Monmouthshire 1830; d. unm. 5 Aug 1888. DNB.