John Lloyd Morgan

John Lloyd Morgan (13 February 1861 – 17 May 1944)^[1] was Liberal PartyMember of Parliament (MP) for West Carmarthenshire from 1889 to 1910, and a County Court judge.

He was the son 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 chose 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.^[2] 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.^[3]

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.^[4] 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.^[5]

بعد وفاة عضو البرلمان عن دائرة غرب كارمارثينشاير ، دبليو آر إتش باول من مايسغوين، عام ١٨٨٩، قرر الحزب الليبرالي في الدائرة الإسراع في اختيار مرشح جديد، وكان هناك شعور قوي بضرورة اختيار شخصية غير ملتزمة بالقواعد. ونظرًا لعلاقاته المحلية، كان جون لويد مورغان يتمتع بميزة كبيرة، وتم اختياره بالإجماع بعد مؤتمر انتخابي في كارمارثين. ^{[ ٦ ]}

فاز مورغان بمقعده بسهولة في مواجهة منافس من حزب الاتحاد. وأُعيد انتخابه بالتزكية عام ١٨٩٢. وفي عام ١٨٩٥، هزم منافسًا آخر من حزب الاتحاد، ثم عاد إلى البرلمان بالتزكية عامي ١٩٠٠ و١٩٠٦. وفي يناير ١٩١٠، هزم منافسًا آخر من حزب الاتحاد. تقاعد من البرلمان قبل الانتخابات العامة في ديسمبر ١٩١٠ ليتولى منصب قاضٍ. وبعد تعيينه، خلفه في البرلمان جون هايندز . وظل هايندز ممثلًا للدائرة الانتخابية حتى إلغائها عام ١٩١٨.

تعرض مورغان لانتقادات متكررة بسبب افتقاره الواضح للاهتمام بدائرته الانتخابية، لكن علاقاته المحلية كانت تعتبر قوية لدرجة أنها جعلت منصبه آمناً. ^{[ 7 ]}

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