Sir Edmund Morgan was a Welsh politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1601 and 1621. Morgan was the second son of Henry Morgan of Llandaff and Penllwyn-Sarth. He was a captain in the army and was knighted probably at Dublin on 5 August 1599.W R Williams ''Parliamentary History of the Principality of Wales''
/ref> In 1601, Morgan was elected

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for Wilton. He was

High Sheriff of Monmouthshire This is a list of Sheriffs of Monmouthshire, an office which was created in 1536 but not fully settled until 1540. On 1 April 1974, under the provisions of the Local Government Act 1972, the shrievalty of Monmouthshire was abolished, and replac ...

in 1602. In 1621 he was elected MP for

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. Morgan married a daughter of Mr Francis in around 1600. He was the brother of

Henry Morgan Sir Henry Morgan ( cy, Harri Morgan; – 25 August 1688) was a privateer, plantation owner, and, later, Lieutenant Governor of Jamaica. From his base in Port Royal, Jamaica, he raided settlements and shipping on the Spanish Main, becoming wea ...

of Llandaff, also MP for Monmouthshire.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Morgan, Edmund Year of birth missing Year of death missing People from Llandaff High Sheriffs of Monmouthshire English MPs 1601 English MPs 1621–1622