\"Recorder of Swansea\" John Lloyd Morgan Clipped Signature For Sale

Up for sale the "Recorder of Swansea" John Lloyd Morgan Clipped Signature. 

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John

Lloyd Morgan (13 February 1861

– 17 May 1944) was Liberal Party Member of Parliament (MP)

for West Carmarthenshire from 1889 to 1910. He was the son on

of Rev. William Morgan, Professor of Theology at the Presbyterian College,

Carmarthen. He was raised as an English speaking Congregationalist with little

Welsh, and was educated at Tettenhall College, Staffordshire; Owens College, Manchester,

and Trinity Hall, Cambridge (BA

1883). Morgan qualified as a Barrister at the Inner Temple in 1884. Appointed a Kings Council in 1906,

he became Recorder of Swansea, 1908–10 and was a County Court Judge at

Carmarthen, from 1910 to 1926, when he retired. When the former Carmarthenshire

constituency was divided in 1885 to establish Western and Eastern divisions it

was expected that the Eastern division which contained emerging industrial

communities would be the strongest for the Liberals. However, the sitting

Liberal member, W.R.H. Powell those

to contest the Western division against the other sitting member, Lord Emlyn.

Morgan was a contender for the nomination and addressed the inaugural meeting

of the new Liberal association at Ammanford alongside David Pugh and

Lewis Morris. However, Pugh was selected as candidate. At the election campaign

a few months later, Morgan addressed a meeting at Water Street Chapel,

Carmarthen, in favour of Powell. His speech aroused great enthusiasm and he was

mentioned as a possible successor for Powell as Liberal candidate. In the short

term, however, it appeared that a new Liberal candidate would be required in

East Carmarthenshire where there was mounting criticism of the octogenarian

David Pugh. In April 1888, Morgan was named as a possible successor in an

article written, in all probability, by J. Towyn Jones. At the annual meeting of the Liberal

Association some months later there was further criticism of Pugh, with Lloyd

Morgan being proposed as a possible replacement. Following the death

of the sitting member for West Carmarthenshire , W.R.H. Powell of

Maesgwynne, in 1889, the Liberal Party in the constituency decided to move

quickly in choosing a new candidate and there was a string feeling that a

nonconformist should be selected. In view of his local connections, John Lloyd

Morgan had a strong advantage and was chosen unanimously following a selection

conference at Carmarthen. Morgan comfortably held the seat against a

Unionist opponent. He was re-elected unopposed in 1892. In 1895 he again

defeated a Unionist challenger, thereafter he was returned unopposed in 1900

and 1906. He defeated a Unionist challenger in January 1910. He retired from

parliament before the December 1910 General Election to take up an appointment

as a Judge. Following his appointment he was succeeded as MP by John Hinds. Hinds remained

the member for the constituency until its abolition in 1918. Morgan was

frequently criticised for his apparent lack of interest in his constituency,

but his local connections were deemed to be so strong as to make his position

secure.