Morgan was born in Wales. At 16, having at that time little knowledge of any language but Welsh, Morgan enlisted in Sir Horace Vere's Protestant volunteer expedition which fought in the
Thirty Years' War. Morgan fought in the Low Countries and in particular assisted the Dutch in the decisive victory at the
battle of the Slaak in 1631. He fought under
Thomas Fairfax in the
First English Civil War. In 1645 he was appointed parliamentary governor of
Gloucester. In 1646 he took
Chepstow Castle and Monmouth, and besieged
Raglan Castle. From 1651 to 1657 he assisted General
George Monck in Scotland and was promoted to major-general. He was second in command in Flanders in 1657 and knighted on his return in 1658. He rejoined Monck in Scotland, and played a conspicuous part in the
Stuart Restoration in Edinburgh. His Scottish command was disbanded in December, but he was rewarded with a
baronetcy on 1 February 1661. Morgan established the
English Expedition to Portugal to help the Portuguese
fight the Spanish. He was appointed
Governor of Jersey in 1665 repairing the Jersey forts and reorganising the militia. A pamphlet narrating his acts in France and Flanders in 1657 and 1658, said to be by himself was published in 1699. His family home was the
Old Court, Llangattock Lingoed in
Monmouthshire. ==Notes==