Hamilton Knox Grogan Morgan Explained

Hamilton Knox Grogan Morgan
Office:Member of Parliament
for
Term Start:10 August 1847
Term End:26 July 1852
Successor:Patrick McMahon
John George
Alongside:James Fagan
Birth Date:1807
Birthname:Hamilton Knox Grogan
Nationality:Irish
Party:Repeal Association
Otherparty:Whig
Conservative

Hamilton Knox Grogan Morgan (1807 – 9 June 1854), known as Hamilton Knox Grogan until 1828,[1] was an Irish Whig, Repeal Association and Conservative politician.[2]

He married Sophia Maria Rowe, daughter of Ebenezer Radford Rowe, with whom he had three children: Elizabeth, Sophia and Jane Colclough Morgan (died 1872).[3]

After unsuccessfully contesting the seat as a Conservative in 1841,[4] Morgan was elected Repeal Association MP for at the 1847 general election. He held the seat until 1852 when he sought election as a Whig but was defeated.[5] [6] [2] [3]

He was a member of the Reform Club.[2] Hamilton and Sophia were largely responsible for construction of Johnstown Castle, County Wexford.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Rayment . Leigh . The House of Commons: Constituencies beginning with "W" . Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page . 18 August 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20180722125159/http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/Wcommons3.htm. 22 July 2018 . usurped . 13 June 2017 .
  2. Web site: Hamilton Morgan . Members of Parliament after 1832 . History of Parliament . 26 August 2019.
  3. Web site: Lundy . Darryl . Hamilton Knox Grogan Morgan . The Peerage . 26 August 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190826225337/http://www.thepeerage.com/p3628.htm . 26 August 2019 . . live . 10 June 2011.
  4. Book: Smith. Henry Stooks. The Register of Parliamentary Contested Elections. 1842. Simpkin, Marshall & Company. 243. Second. 14 October 2018 . .
  5. Book: Walker. B.M.. Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922. 1978. Royal Irish Academy. Dublin. 0901714127.
  6. News: Evening Mail . 14 October 2018 . 28 July 1852 . 1 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription .