Morgan Baronets
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There have been five Baronetcies created for persons with the surname Morgan, two in the Baronetage of England, one in the Baronetage of Great Britain and two in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. All five creations are extinct.

The Morgan Baronetcy, of Llanternam in the County of Monmouth, was created in the Baronetage of England on 12 May 1642 for Edward Morgan. The third Baronet sat as Member of Parliament
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 for Monmouthshire
Monmouthshire (UK Parliament constituency)
Monmouthshire was a county constituency of the House of Commons of Parliament of England from 1536 until 1707, of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1801, and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1885...

. The title became extinct on the death of the fourth Baronet in 1728.

The Morgan Baronetcy, of Langattock in the County of Monmouth, was created in the Baronetage of England on 7 February 1661 for Thomas Morgan. The second Baronet sat as Member of Parliament
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 for Radnor
Radnor (UK Parliament constituency)
Radnor or New Radnor was a constituency in Wales between 1542 and 1885; it elected one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliaments of England , Great Britain and the United Kingdom , by the first past the post electoral...

 and Herefordshire
Herefordshire (UK Parliament constituency)
The county constituency of Herefordshire, in the West Midlands of England bordering on Wales, was abolished when the county was divided for parliamentary purposes in 1885...

. The third Baronet was Member of Parliament for Herefordshire. The fourth Baronet sat as Member of Parliament for Hereford
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 and Herefordshire. The title became extinct on the latter's death in 1767.

The Gould, later Morgan Baronetcy, of Tredegar in the County of Monmouth, was created in the Baronetage of Great Britain on 15 November 1792. For more information on this creation, see Baron Tredegar
Baron Tredegar
Baron Tredegar, of Tredegar in the County of Monmouth, was a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.It was created in 1859 for the Welsh politician Sir Charles Morgan, 3rd Baronet, who had earlier represented Brecon in Parliament. His eldest son, Charles Rodney Morgan, sat as Member of...

.

The Morgan Baronetcy, of Green Street, Grosvenor Square, in the Parish of Saint George, Hanover Square, in the County of London and of Lincoln's Inn, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 13 October 1892 for the Welsh lawyer and Liberal
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 politician George Osborne Morgan. He was childless and the title became extinct on his death in 1897.

The Morgan Baronetcy, of Whitehall Court in the City of Westminster, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom 28 July 1906 for Walter Morgan, Lord Mayor of London
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 from 1905 to 1906. The title became extinct on his death in 1916. Octavius Vaughan Morgan
Octavius Vaughan Morgan
Octavius Vaughan Morgan was a Welsh-born Liberal Party politician who sat in the United Kingdom House of Commons from 1885 to 1892....

 was the younger brother of Sir Walter Morgan, 1st Baronet.

Morgan Baronets, of Llanternam (1642)

  • Sir Edward Morgan, 1st Baronet (c. 1604–1653)
  • Sir Edward Morgan, 2nd Baronet (d. c. 1675)
  • Sir Edward Morgan, 3rd Baronet (d. 1682)
  • Sir James Morgan, 4th Baronet (d. 1728)

Morgan Baronets, of Langattock (1661)

  • Sir Thomas Morgan, 1st Baronet (c. 1607–1679)
  • Sir John Morgan, 2nd Baronet (c. 1650–1693)
  • Sir Thomas Morgan, 3rd Baronet (1684–1716)
  • Sir John Morgan, 4th Baronet (1710–1767)

Morgan Baronets, of Green Street and Lincoln's Inn (1892)

  • Sir George Osborne Morgan, 1st Baronet (1826–1897)

Morgan Baronets, of Whitehall Court (1906)

  • Sir Walter Vaughan Morgan, 1st Baronet (1831–1916)
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