- GB-2014-WSA-12574
- Person
- 1760-1846
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.