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.