Edmund Morgan (of Llandaff)

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.[1]

In 1601, Morgan was elected Member of Parliament for Wilton.[2] He was High Sheriff of Monmouthshire in 1602.[1] In 1621 he was elected MP for Monmouthshire.[2]

Morgan married a daughter of Mr Francis in around 1600. He was the brother of Henry Morgan of Llandaff, also MP for Monmouthshire.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 W R Williams Parliamentary History of the Principality of Wales
  2. 1 2 Willis, Browne (1750). Notitia Parliamentaria, Part II: A Series or Lists of the Representatives in the several Parliaments held from the Reformation 1541, to the Restoration 1660 ... London. pp. 229–239.
Parliament of England
Preceded by
Thomas Muffet		 Member of Parliament for Wilton
1601 		Succeeded by
Sir Thomas Edmondes
Hugh Sandford
Preceded by
Walter Montagu
William Jones		 Member of Parliament for Monmouthshire
1621
With: Charles Williams		 Succeeded by

Sir William Morgan
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