Constituency : Battersea 1885-92
Octavius won the new seat of Battersea.
Octavius came from a large Welsh family. He founded two firms with his brothers, Morgan Bros ( a mercantile firm ) and the Patent Plumbago Crucible Company. They also started trade journals such as European Mail, Ironmonger, Chemist and Druggist. Octavius was a world traveller.He was a member of the Municipal Reform League.
Octavius's election was immediately challenged as one of his companies had a government contract. He resigned the seat while the matter was sorted out and was unopposed at the subsequent by-election.
Octavius was a persistent questioner in the House particularly on imperial matters. In 1887 he gave a lecture to the Montreal branch of the Imperial Federation League in Montreal. He supported an elected House of Lords.
In 1892 Ocatavius switched to Ashton-under-Lyne to accommodate John Burns at Battersea but failed to be elected.
He died in 1896 aged 59.
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