Sir Walter Vaughan Morgan, 1st Baronet (3 May 1831 – 12 November 1916), was a British businessman and the 578th Lord Mayor of London.
Vaughan-Morgan was the sixth son of Thomas Morgan of Pipton, near Glasbury, Breconshire and his wife Elizabeth Vaughan. He served as Sheriff of London for 1900-01 and as Lord Mayor of London for 1905–05. In 1906 he was created a Baronet, of Whitehall Court in the City of Westminster. He was a treasurer of Christ's Hospital.
Together with his six brothers, he had established in 1856 the Patent Plumbago Crucible Company, acquiring a factory site in Battersea; this company has become Morgan Advanced Materials.
His youngest brother Octavius Vaughan Morgan, FSA (1837–96) was a Liberal MP for Battersea from 1885 until 1892.
References
- "No. 27932". The London Gazette. 17 July 1906. p. 4885.
- "The City Shrievalty". The Times. No. 36105. London. 2 April 1900. p. 6.
- Richard Bennett, Battersea Works, 1856-1956, 1956, London
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| Preceded byJohn Pound | Lord Mayor of London 1905–1906 |
Succeeded byWilliam Treloar |
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| New creation | Baronet (of Whitehall Court) 1906–1916 |
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