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Sir Charles Gould Morgan, 2nd Baronet (4 February 1760 – 5 December 1846), was a

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soldier and politician, the MP for

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and County of Monmouth.

Early career

The 2nd baronet was the son of

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(originally Charles Gould), and Jane Morgan (daughter of Thomas Morgan. His sister Jane married the industrialist

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. He was commissioned ensign and lieutenant in the

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on 21 November 1777, and promoted to lieutenant and captain on 22 March 1781. He was taken prisoner in the capitulation at Yorktown on 19 October. He was promoted captain and lieutenant-colonel on 14 May 1790, retiring from the Army on 4 December 1792. He became an MP for

(1787–1796) and later for the County of Monmouth (1796–1831), supporting the government of

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. He adopted the name of Morgan in 1792, at the same time as his father, and inherited the

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of his Uncle John from his mother in 1797.

Landowner and industrialist

In 1806, he succeeded to the baronetcy. He also succeeded his father as a Bailiff on the board of the

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from 1807 to 1827, and was Recorder for Newport from 1807 to 1835. He was considered a good landlord, and held annual cattle shows on his Tredegar Park estate. His political opponent, John Frost, referred to him as "a handsome little man ... possessed of great power". By 1820, he had amassed an income of about £40,000 a year from his estates and investments. He was elected a

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in 1816, in recognition of his investment in agricultural improvements.

Family

Morgan (then still Gould) married Mary Margaret (or Mary Magdalen) Stoney, daughter of Capt. George Stoney R.N., in 1791, and they had eight children, four sons and four daughters. He did not remarry after her death in 1807. Morgan was succeeded by his eldest son,

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. His other children were: *George Gould Morgan (1794–1845), army officer and Member of Parliament *Charles Augustus Samuel Morgan (1800–1875), clergyman, who married his first cousin Frances Lascelles, daughter of Rowley Lascelles *

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(1803–1888), antiquarian. The daughters were: *Maria Margaret (died 1875), who married in 1817 Francis Miles Milman, an army officer and son of Sir Francis Milman, 1st Baronet, and had children *Charlotte Georgiana (died 1878), who married in 1819

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, and had no children *Angelina Maria Cecilia (died 1844), who married in 1825

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, and had children *Selina Anne, who died young

Death

Sir Charles died, aged 86, at Tredegar House. The mourners at his funeral included Sir Benjamin Hall, Charles Kemeys Kemeys Tynte, and Sir George Tyler, 1st Baronet, and he was buried in the family vault at St Basil's Church,

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