Thomas Morgan, DL, JP (died 1603) was a

Welsh Welsh may refer to: Related to Wales * Welsh, referring or related to Wales * Welsh language, a Brittonic Celtic language spoken in Wales * Welsh people People * Welsh (surname) * Sometimes used as a synonym for the ancient Britons (Celtic peop ...

Member of the

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. He was the eldest son of Sir Rowland Morgan of

Machen Machen (from Welsh language, Welsh ' "place (of)" + ', a personal name) is a large village three miles east of Caerphilly, south Wales. It is situated in the Caerphilly (county borough), Caerphilly borough within the Historic counties of Wales, ...

Monmouthshire Monmouthshire ( cy, Sir Fynwy) is a county in the south-east of Wales. The name derives from the historic county of the same name; the modern county covers the eastern three-fifths of the historic county. The largest town is Abergavenny, with ...

and educated at the

Middle Temple The Honourable Society of the Middle Temple, commonly known simply as Middle Temple, is one of the four Inns of Court exclusively entitled to call their members to the English Bar as barristers, the others being the Inner Temple, Gray's Inn an ...

. He inherited

Tredegar House Tredegar House (Welsh: ''Tŷ Tredegar'') is a 17th-century Charles II-era mansion on the southwestern edge of Newport, Wales. For over five hundred years it was home to the Morgan family, later Lords Tredegar; one of the most powerful and influe ...

from his cousin Miles Morgan, who had died at sea after inheriting it from William Morgan. He was a

Justice of the Peace A justice of the peace (JP) is a judicial officer of a lower or ''puisne'' court, elected or appointed by means of a commission ( letters patent) to keep the peace. In past centuries the term commissioner of the peace was often used with the sa ...

for Monmouthshire from c. 1570 and appointed

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 ...

for 1580–81. He served a Deputy Lieutenant for the county from 1587 until his death. He was elected M.P. for

in 1588. He married Elizabeth, the daughter of Roger Bodenham, with whom he had 9 sons and 13 daughters. he was succeeded by his son, Sir William Morgan.

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* 1603 deaths People from Machen Members of the Middle Temple English MPs 1589 Deputy Lieutenants of Monmouthshire High Sheriffs of Monmouthshire Year of birth unknown Welsh justices of the peace {{16thC-England-MP-stub

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