Sir Thomas Morgan, JP (7 September 1664 – 16 December 1700) was a

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Whig politician of the 17th century. The eldest son of

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 ...

and his first wife Blanche, Morgan inherited his father's estate upon the latter's death in 1680. He married Martha Mansel, by whom he had several children, all of whom predeceased him. Morgan entered the

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in 1689 as

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for

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, and was

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the same year. In 1690, he sat as MP for Monmouthshire instead, and continued to be returned there for the rest of his life. He also unseated Jeffrey Jeffreys at Brecon in 1698, who appealed on petition. Before the matter could be resolved, Morgan died of

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in 1700. His estates, valued at £7000, went to his brother Sir John Morgan.

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