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| name =Charles Morgan | | name =Charles Morgan | ||
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| rank =[[Lieutenant | | rank =[[Lieutenant-general (United Kingdom)|Lieutenant general]] | ||
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| commands =[[Indian Army]] | | commands =[[Indian Army]] | ||
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[[Lieutenant | [[Lieutenant-general (United Kingdom)|Lieutenant General]] '''Charles Morgan''' (1741 – 21 March 1818) was [[Commander-in-Chief, India]]. | ||
==Military career== | ==Military career== | ||
Brought up in [[Caernarfon]], | Brought up in [[Caernarfon]], the youngest son of Nathaniel Morgan of Warton Wythe<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=-X4DAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA1222&dq=%22General+Charles+Morgan%22&lr=&cd=36#v=onepage&q=%22General%20Charles%20Morgan%22&f=false Debrett's Peerage of England, Scotland, and Ireland By John Debrett, Page 1,222]</ref> Morgan was for many years a senior officer of the [[Bengal]] establishment.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=isWZhm_BexcC&q=%22General+Charles+Morgan%22&dq=%22General+Charles+Morgan%22&lr=&cd=11 Notes and queries By Oxford Journals]</ref> He officiated as [[Commander-in-Chief, India]] from 1797 to 1798<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=P_cNAAAAQAAJ&pg=RA1-PR20&dq=%22General+Charles+Morgan%22&lr=&cd=24#v=onepage&q=%22General%20Charles%20Morgan%22&f=false The Bengal almanac, for 1827, compiled by S. Smith and Co.]</ref> at the time that [[Zaman Shah Durrani|Zaman Shah]] threatened to invade the Northern Provinces.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=kV8-AAAAcAAJ&pg=PA251&dq=%22General+Charles+Morgan%22&lr=&cd=25#v=onepage&q=%22General%20Charles%20Morgan%22&f=false Travels of Mirza Abu Taleb Khan in Asia, Africa, Europe, Volume 1, By Charles Stewert, Page 252]</ref> | ||
He died at Portland Place in [[London]] in 1818.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=UlwAAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA480&dq=%22General+Charles+Morgan%22&cd=7#v=onepage&q=%22General%20Charles%20Morgan%22&f=false The Edinburgh magazine and literary miscellany, Volume 83, Page 480]</ref> There is a monument dedicated to him in [[St John's Wood Church]], near [[Lord's Cricket Ground]], in [[London]].<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=Xw4NAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA137&dq=%22General+Charles+Morgan%22&lr=&cd=13#v=onepage&q=%22General%20Charles%20Morgan%22&f=false A topographical and historical account of the parish of St. Mary-le-Bone, Page 137]</ref> | He died at Portland Place in [[London]] in 1818.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=UlwAAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA480&dq=%22General+Charles+Morgan%22&cd=7#v=onepage&q=%22General%20Charles%20Morgan%22&f=false The Edinburgh magazine and literary miscellany, Volume 83, Page 480]</ref> There is a monument dedicated to him in [[St John's Wood Church]], near [[Lord's Cricket Ground]], in [[London]].<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=Xw4NAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA137&dq=%22General+Charles+Morgan%22&lr=&cd=13#v=onepage&q=%22General%20Charles%20Morgan%22&f=false A topographical and historical account of the parish of St. Mary-le-Bone, Page 137]</ref> | ||
==Family== | ==Family== | ||
He married Hannah Wagstaff, eldest | He married Hannah Wagstaff, eldest daughter of William Wagstaff of [[Manchester]], an [[apothecary]], and his wife Mary Taylor of [[Salford, Greater Manchester|Salford]]. Of their children the best known is Elizabeth Georgiana, the youngest daughter, who in 1803 married [[Valentine Lawless, 2nd Baron Cloncurry]]. They had two children, but in 1811 her husband divorced her on the grounds of her [[adultery]] with [[Sir John Piers, 6th Baronet]], following a particularly scandalous [[lawsuit]] for [[criminal conversation]]. She returned to live with her father for some years. After his death she moved to Italy, where she remarried the Rev John Sandford, the absentee vicar of [[Nynehead]], [[Somerset]] in 1819. By him she had a daughter Anna, Lady Metheun. She died in 1857.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=AwMsAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA116&dq=%22General+Charles+Morgan%22&lr=&cd=14#v=onepage&q=%22General%20Charles%20Morgan%22&f=false The admission register of the Manchester school, Volume 69, Page 116]</ref> | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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[[Category:1741 births]] | [[Category:1741 births]] | ||
[[Category:1818 deaths]] | [[Category:1818 deaths]] | ||
[[Category:British Army generals]] | [[Category:British East India Company Army generals]] | ||
[[Category:British Commanders-in-Chief of India]] | [[Category:British Commanders-in-Chief of India]] | ||
Revision as of 06:27, 19 April 2022
Charles Morgan | |
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| Born | 1741 |
| Died | 21 March 1818 |
| Allegiance |  United Kingdom |
| Service/ |  British Army |
| Rank | Lieutenant general |
| Commands held | Indian Army |
Lieutenant General Charles Morgan (1741 – 21 March 1818) was Commander-in-Chief, India.
Military career
Brought up in Caernarfon, the youngest son of Nathaniel Morgan of Warton Wythe[1] Morgan was for many years a senior officer of the Bengal establishment.[2] He officiated as Commander-in-Chief, India from 1797 to 1798[3] at the time that Zaman Shah threatened to invade the Northern Provinces.[4]
He died at Portland Place in London in 1818.[5] There is a monument dedicated to him in St John's Wood Church, near Lord's Cricket Ground, in London.[6]
Family
He married Hannah Wagstaff, eldest daughter of William Wagstaff of Manchester, an apothecary, and his wife Mary Taylor of Salford. Of their children the best known is Elizabeth Georgiana, the youngest daughter, who in 1803 married Valentine Lawless, 2nd Baron Cloncurry. They had two children, but in 1811 her husband divorced her on the grounds of her adultery with Sir John Piers, 6th Baronet, following a particularly scandalous lawsuit for criminal conversation. She returned to live with her father for some years. After his death she moved to Italy, where she remarried the Rev John Sandford, the absentee vicar of Nynehead, Somerset in 1819. By him she had a daughter Anna, Lady Metheun. She died in 1857.[7]
References
- ↑ Debrett's Peerage of England, Scotland, and Ireland By John Debrett, Page 1,222
- ↑ Notes and queries By Oxford Journals
- ↑ The Bengal almanac, for 1827, compiled by S. Smith and Co.
- ↑ Travels of Mirza Abu Taleb Khan in Asia, Africa, Europe, Volume 1, By Charles Stewert, Page 252
- ↑ The Edinburgh magazine and literary miscellany, Volume 83, Page 480
- ↑ A topographical and historical account of the parish of St. Mary-le-Bone, Page 137
- ↑ The admission register of the Manchester school, Volume 69, Page 116
| Military offices | ||
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| Preceded by Sir Robert Abercromby |
Commander-in-Chief, India 1797–1798 |
Succeeded by Sir Alured Clarke |
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