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Thomas Morgan, 17021769 (aged 66 years)

Ruperra Castle (Rhiwperra Castle) during the Jacobean period.
Name
Thomas /Morgan/
Given names
Thomas
Surname
Morgan
Name suffix
MP
Family with parents
father
mother
Marriage Marriage9 January 1699
3 years
himself
-2 years
elder brother
Family with Jane Colchester
himself
wife
Marriage Marriage
son
4 years
daughter
6 years
son
6 years
son
Birth
Marriage
Death of a father
Death of a mother
Birth of a son
Death of a brother
Birth of a daughter
Birth of a son
Birth of a son
Death of a wife
Death
12 April 1769 (aged 66 years)
Address
Ruperra Castle, Glamorganshire, Wales.
Last change
21 August 201218:01:00
Author of last change: Danny
Note

Thomas Morgan (20 May 1702 – 12 April 1769) was a Welsh politician and lawyer of the 18th century.

He was the younger son of John Morgan and his wife Martha. Thomas received the estate of Rhiwpera upon his father's death in 1720. He entered the House of Commons as Member of Parliament for Brecon in 1723, which he represented until 1734.Around 1726, he married Jane Colchester, the second daughter of Col. Maynard Colchester. His children by her included:

Thomas Morgan (1717–1771)
Jane Morgan (1731–1797), married Charles Gould, later Sir Charles Gould Morgan, 1st Baronet
Catherine Morgan (d. 1784), married Charles Van
Charles Morgan (1736–1787)
John Morgan (1742–1792)

In 1731, he succeeded his brother, Sir William Morgan, as Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire and Monmouthshire, and was appointed brigadier-general of the militia of those counties. In 1734, he was returned as MP for Monmouthshire, and in 1741was appointed Judge Advocate General, by which he became known as "General Morgan". He was returned for Breconshire in 1747, and represented that county for the remainder of his life. Upon the death of his nephew William Morgan in 1763, heinherited the Tredegar Estate. In 1768, he resigned office of Judge Advocate General, and was succeeded by his deputy and son-in-law Charles Gould.