Octavius Morgan
(1803-1888)

Died aged c. 85

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The Friars. Home of Octavius Morgan (1803-88). Antiquarian and horologist brother of 1st Lord Tredegar, MP for Monmouthshire 1841-74. Initiator of archaeological fieldwork at Caerwent and Caerleon and the Legionary Museum.

The Friars, Friars Road near its junction with Belle Vue Lane, Newport, Gwent, United Kingdom where they lived