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John Morgan (4 January 1671 – 7 March 1720) was a 
Morgan was the youngest son of William Morgan and his wife (and cousin) Blanche. When his elder brother Sir Thomas Morgan died without surviving children in 1700, he inherited the family's
John Morgan (4 January 1671 – 7 March 1720) was a Welsh
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politician who sat in the House of Commons
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from 1701 to 1720.
Morgan was the youngest son of William Morgan and his wife (and cousin) Blanche. When his elder brother Sir Thomas Morgan died without surviving children in 1700, he inherited the family's Tredegar Estate
Baron Tredegar, of Tredegar in the County of Monmouth, was a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 16 April 1859 for the Welsh politician Sir Charles Morgan, 3rd Baronet, who had earlier represented Brecon in Parliament ...
, the two middle brothers having predeceased him.
Morgan, a strong Whig, entered the House of Commons
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as Member of Parliament
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for Monmouthshire in 1701, replacing his brother, and represented it until his death in 1720.
He was created ''custos rotulorum'' of the county the same year, in succession to his brother.
In 1715, Morgan inherited Rhiwperra Castle
Ruperra Castle or Rhiwperra Castle is a Grade II* Listed building and Scheduled Ancient Monument, situated in Lower Machen in the county borough of Caerphilly (county borough), Caerphilly, Wales. It was built in 1626, now it is in a ruined co ...
and the manor of Gwynllwg
Gwynllŵg was a kingdom of mediaeval Wales and later a Norman lordship and then a cantref.
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It was named after Gwynllyw, its 5th century or 6th century ruler and consisted of the coastal plain stretching between the Rhymney and Usk ...
from his uncle, John Morgan and obtained the lord lieutenancy of the county and also of Brecknockshire.
By his wife Martha Vaughan, Morgan had two sons, Sir William Morgan
Sir William Morgan, KB (8 March 1700 – 24 April 1731) was a Welsh Whig politician of the early 18th century.
Morgan was the eldest son of Sir John Morgan, a Whig of great political influence in Brecknockshire and Monmouthshire. He in ...
, upon whom he settled the Tredegar estate, and Thomas Morgan, upon whom he settled Rhiwpera. He also had a daughter, Martha, who married the 3rd Earl of Oxford. He died in 1720, and was buried on 19 March 1720 at Machen
Machen (from Welsh ' "place (of)" + ', a personal name) is a large village three miles east of Caerphilly, south Wales. It is situated in the Caerphilly borough within the historic boundaries of Monmouthshire. It neighbours Bedwas and Trethom ...
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