MORGAN, ANNE [SSNE 7543]

Surname

MORGAN, STRICKLAND

First name

ANNE

Nationality

WELSH, ENGLISH

Text source

Anne Morgan was daughter and heir to Sir Charles Morgan [SSNE 89]. She was born in the Netherlands and died in Chelsea 1688. She married Sir Lewis Morgan (d. 1635) of Rhiwperra, Monmouthshire, and second Walter Strickland (1598?–1671) the ambassador of Parliament from 1642 to 1651. In the 1650s she played a role in Anglo-Dutch relations as an intermediary. On 18 February 1651 she was naturalised by the parliamentary ordinance. And calling herself Lady Morgan, she made an independent visit to Holland in June 1652 promoting the English Parliamentarian cause. Her third marriage was to John Milborne of Wonaston, Monmouthshire.

Edward M. Furgol, ‘Morgan, Sir Charles (1575/6–1643)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, Sept 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/19217, accessed 6 Jan 2009]. This entry was created by Adam Marks.

Female: English Civil War

Service record

ENGLAND, THE DUTCH REPUBLIC

Arrived 1651-02-01

Departed 1651-06-28

Capacity INDEPENDENT DIPLOMAT, purpose DIPLOMACY