Saturday, 21 October 2017
1712 George Morgan
Constituency : Truro 1906-18
George defeated the Liberal Unionist Edwin Durning-Lawrence by 504 votes.
George was born in Hay-on-Wye. He was educated at Pontypool College and University College, London. He became a barrister. He was a member of Cymru Fydd. He was an active Baptist . He stood for Tottenham in 1900.
George became a whip in the Commons.
In January 1910 George increased his majority over Durning-Lawrence and held off a Conservative in December.
When Truro was abolished in 1918 George switched to Ipswich but the coupon was given to a Conservative and he came a poor third. Despite this he remained a Lloyd George supporter. In 1920 he contested the Abertillery by-election as a Coalition Liberal but was well beaten by Labour. In 1922 he contested Penryn and Falmouth but came fourth with less than 8 % of the vote.His last contest was Salford West in 1923 where he came a respectable third.
He died in 1931 aged 64.
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