Charles Morgan (British Army officer)

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Charles Morgan
Born 1741
Died 21 March 1818
Allegiance  United Kingdom
Service/branch Flag of the British Army.svg 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,[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.[7]

References

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Military offices
Preceded by Commander-in-Chief, India
1797–1798
Succeeded by
Sir Alured Clarke
  1. Debrett's Peerage of England, Scotland, and Ireland By John Debrett, Page 1,222
  2. Notes and queries By Oxford Journals
  3. The Bengal almanac, for 1827, compiled by S. Smith and Co.
  4. Travels of Mirza Abu Taleb Khan in Asia, Africa, Europe, Volume 1, By Charles Stewert, Page 252
  5. The Edinburgh magazine and literary miscellany, Volume 83, Page 480
  6. A topographical and historical account of the parish of St. Mary-le-Bone, Page 137
  7. The admission register of the Manchester school, Volume 69, Page 116