Geraint Morgan

Who was Geraint Morgan?

William Geraint Oliver Morgan, QC, MP, was a British Conservative Party politician, a lawyer, a champion of the Welsh language and a veteran of the Second World War.

Geraint Morgan was educated at Bedford School and University College of Wales, Aberystwyth and Trinity Hall, Cambridge. Bi-lingual, from an early age, in Welsh and English, he learnt French to a high standard at school and added German and Italian by his own efforts. He enlisted in the Suffolk Regiment in 1939 and was commissioned in the Royal Marines. He landed on Gold Beach on D-Day and ended the war a Major. He became a barrister, called to the bar by Gray's Inn in 1947, and a Queen's Counsel. He practised on the Northern circuit.

Geraint Morgan contested Merioneth in 1951 and Huyton in 1955 against Harold Wilson. He was Member of Parliament for Denbigh from 1959 to 1983, when the seat was abolished in boundary changes. He was noted for very rarely making any speeches in the House during his 24 years as a member. His obituary in The Independent recorded: