Morgan Surname History

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SURNAME MEANING
An anglicized form of the Old Welsh name Morcant, a name of uncertain etymology, but possibly mean “sea circle”.

EARLY BEARERS
John Morgan – Berkshire – 1214
Walter Morgan – Oxfordshire – 1273
John Morgane – Glasgow - 1419

KNIGHTHOODS
Sir William Morgan – 1513
Sir Thomas Morgan of Wales – 1544
Sir Richard Morgan, Chief Justice – 1553
Sir William Morgan of Wales – 1574
Sir Thomas Morgan – 1587
Sir Mathew Morgan – 1591
Sir Richard (Edward) Morgan – 1599
Sir Charles Morgan of Hereford – 1603
Sir Rowland Morgan of Hereford – 1603
Sir William Morgan of Tredegar – 1603
Sir Thomas Morgan of Glamorgan – 1623
Sir Lewis Morgan – 1629
Sir Anthony Morgan of Northampton – 1642
Sir William Morgan – 1656
Sir John Morgan - 1658
Sir William Morgan of Tredegar – 1725
Sir Thomas Charles Morgan, medical doctor – 1811
Sir Walter Morgan, Chief Justice – 1866
Sir Richard Francis Morgan, Queen’s Advocate in Ceylon - 1874
Sir William Morgan, minister of South Australia – 1883
Sir Morgan Morgan – 1887
Sir Henry Morgan, privateer, Lieut-Gov of Jamaica - 1674

HOMES AND ESTATES
Tredegar House, Newport, south Wales
Rhiwperra Castle, Caerphilly, Wales
The Old Court, Llangattock Lingoed, Monmouthshire, Wales
Kinnersley Castle, Herefordshire, England

NOBLE TITLES HELD
Charles Morgan Robinson Morgan (1792-1875), was a Welsh Whig peer and a member of the House of Lords who was created Baron Tredegar in 1859

Godfrey Charles Morgan (1792-1875), was a Welsh General who was elevated to the peerage as Viscount Tredegar in 1905

The Morgan Baronetcy of Llantarnam in the County of Monmouth, was created in the Baronetage of England in 1642 for Sir Edward Morgan, a Roman Catholic supporter of Charles I

The Morgan Baronetcy of Llangattock in the County of Monmouth, was created in the Baronetage of in 1661 for Major General Sir Thomas Morgan, Governor of Gloucester

The Morgan Baronetcy of Green Street, Grosvenor Square, in the Parish of Saint George, Mayfair, City of Westminster, in the County of London and of Lincoln's Inn, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom in 1892 for the Welsh lawyer and Liberal politician Sir George Osborne Morgan.

LANDED GENTRY
Morgan of Golden Grove, co. Flint, Wales
Morgan of Biddlesdon Park, co. Bucks, England

NOTABLES
Anne Morgan (c. 1529-1607) was an English official who was appointed to the office of Keeper of Somerset House and also served Queen Elizabeth as a Lady of the Privy Chamber

William Morgan, FRS (1750-1833) was a Welsh physician, physicist and statistician, who is considered the father of modern actuarial science.

William Morgan (1750-1833) Member of Parliament for Brecon in Wales

William Morgan (1727-1887) was a Member of Parliament for Brecon in Wales

John Pierpont Morgan Sr. (1837-1913) was an American financier and investment banker who dominated corporate finance on Wall Street throughout the Gilded Age.

EARLY SETTLERS
William Morgan – Virginia - 1610
Thomas Morgan – Virginia – 1618
Joan Morgan – Virginia – 1618
Benedict Morgan – Massachusetts – 1621
Margaret Morgan – Massachusetts - 1623
Edmond Morgan – Virginia – 1623
Henry Morgan – Maryland – 1635