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Paternal Family Tree: Gould
In 1758 [his father] Charles Gould aka Morgan 1st Baronet (age 31) and [his mother] Jane Morgan (age 27) were married.
On 4th February 1760 Charles Gould aka Morgan 2nd Baronet was born to Charles Gould aka Morgan 1st Baronet (age 33) and Jane Morgan (age 29).
On 21st November 1777 Charles Gould aka Morgan 2nd Baronet (age 17) was commissioned ensign and lieutenant in the Coldstream Guards.
On 22nd March 1781 Charles Gould aka Morgan 2nd Baronet (age 21) was promoted to Lieutenant and Captain.
Between 28th September 1781 and 19th October 1781 the 1781 Battle of Yorktown was fought was a decisive victory by a combined force of the American Continental Army troops led by General George Washington (age 49) and Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, and French Army troops led by Comte de Rochambeau over British Army troops commanded by British peer and Lieutenant General Charles Cornwallis (age 42).
Lieutenant General Charles Cornwallis and Charles Gould aka Morgan 2nd Baronet (age 21) were captured.
In 1787 Charles Gould aka Morgan 2nd Baronet (age 26) was elected MP Brecon which seat he held until 1796.
On 14th May 1790 Charles Gould aka Morgan 2nd Baronet (age 30) was promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel.
In 1791 Charles Gould aka Morgan 2nd Baronet (age 30) and Mary Margaret or Magdalen Stoney were married.
On 10th April 1792 [his son] Charles Morgan 1st Baron Tredegar was born to Charles Gould aka Morgan 2nd Baronet (age 32) and [his wife] Mary Margaret or Magdalen Stoney. He was educated at Harrow School, Westminster School [Map] and Christ Church College, Oxford University.
On 4th May 1792 Charles Gould aka Morgan 2nd Baronet (age 32) retired from the Army.
On 27th June 1792 [his uncle] John Morgan (age 50) died. His sister [his mother] Jane Morgan (age 61) and her husband [his father] Charles Gould aka Morgan 1st Baronet (age 66) and inherited Tredegar House, Monmouthshire on condition he changed his name from Gould to Morgan which he did by royal licence on 20th November 1792. His children including Charles Gould aka Morgan 2nd Baronet (age 32) also changed their surname.
In 1796 Charles Gould aka Morgan 2nd Baronet (age 35) was elected MP Monmouthshire which seat he held until 1831.
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The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
In 1797 [his mother] Jane Morgan (age 66) died.
On 7th December 1806 [his father] Charles Gould aka Morgan 1st Baronet (age 80) died at Tredegar House, Monmouthshire. His son Charles (age 46) succeeded 2nd Baronet Morgan of Tredegar.
1810 to 1811. William Owen (age 41). Portrait of Charles Gould aka Morgan 2nd Baronet (age 49).
In 1827 [his son] Charles Morgan 1st Baron Tredegar (age 34) and [his daughter-in-law] Rosamund Mundy (age 17) were married.
On 5th December 1846 Charles Gould aka Morgan 2nd Baronet (age 86) died. His son [his son] Charles (age 54) succeeded 3rd Baronet Morgan of Tredegar.
Kings Wessex: Great x 22 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 19 Grand Son of Bleddyn ap Cynfyn King Gwynedd King Powys
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 23 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 18 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings England: Great x 15 Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 21 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 19 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks
Kings France: Great x 22 Grand Son of Robert "Pious" II King France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 27 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Charles Gould aka Morgan 2nd Baronet 15 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Morgan
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Morgan of Machen
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Morgan 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Hopton of Witham 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Rachel Hopton 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Morgan of Tredegar 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Blanche Morgan
GrandFather: Thomas Morgan of Rhiwpera 13 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Martha Vaughan
Mother: Jane Morgan 14 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England