Background
The elder son of King Gould of Westminster, who died deputy judge advocate in 1756, he was a scholar of Westminster School in 1739.
The elder son of King Gould of Westminster, who died deputy judge advocate in 1756, he was a scholar of Westminster School in 1739.
From his birth until 1792 he was known as Charles Gould. He was elected to Christ Church, Oxford, 1743, where he proceeded Bachelor of Arts in 1747 and Master of Arts in 1750. He was made an honorary Doctorate.C.L. in 1773.
Gould was called to the bar at the Middle Temple in 1750, and in 1771 was appointed judge advocate-general.
He came into the favour of George III, was also made chancellor of Salisbury in 1772, and became chamberlain of Brecon, Radnor, and Glamorgan. He was knighted 5 May 1779, and made a baronet 15 November 1792, the year in which he changed surname to Morgan.
In 1802 he was made a privy councillor. Morgan died at Tredegar 7 December 1806.
Gould married (February 1758) Jane, eldest daughter of Thomas Morgan.
He then took by royal licence the surname and arms of Morgan (16 November 1792).
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He sat as Member of Parliament for Brecon 1778-1787, and for the Breconshire 1787–1806.