Charles Morgan "of Dderw" (1736 – 24 May 1787) was a Welsh politician who sat in the

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between 1763 and 1787. Morgan was the second son of Thomas Morgan and his wife, Jane Colchester. He married Mary Gough, widow of Robert Myners Gough and daughter of Thomas Parry, but had no children by her. In 1763, Morgan was returned as Member of Parliament for

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, succeeding his elder brother

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. He was

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in 1768, and a

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in the Foot Guards 1769. That year he accepted the Stewardship of the Manner of East Hendred to succeed his late father in a by-election at

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, which he represented until his death. In 1771, he inherited the Tredegar estate from his elder brother, Thomas Morgan, and succeeded him as

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. The

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on Morgan's estate at Rhiwpera burned down in 1783, and rebuilding was not completed until after his death. He died on 24 May 1787. His estates went to his younger brother, John Morgan.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Morgan, Charles 1736 births 1787 deaths British Army officers British MPs 1761–1768 British MPs 1768–1774 British MPs 1774–1780 British MPs 1780–1784 British MPs 1784–1790 Lord-lieutenants of Brecknockshire Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for Welsh constituencies