MORGAN, DAVID LLOYD (1823 - 1892), naval surgeon

Name: David Lloyd Morgan
Date of birth: 1823
Date of death: 1892
Gender: Male
Occupation: naval surgeon
Area of activity: Medicine; Military
Author: Thomas Mardy Rees

Born at Rhos-maen, Llandeilo Fawr, 1823, son of David Morgan. He studied medicine at the London Hospital and S. Andrews University. Entering the Royal Navy in 1846 he became staff surgeon in 1854. During 1847-9 he served on the west coast of Africa, he went through the Crimean War, 1850-6, and was also with the Chinese land forces, 1857-61. He was medical officer for H.M.S. Euryalus during 1862-5, and Inspector-general at Plymouth from 1878-80. In 1880-2 he was at Haslar, Hantshire. He was appointed physician to queen Victoria. He died 3 December 1892 at Rhos-maen, Llandeilo.

Author

Reverend Thomas Mardy Rees, (1871 - 1953)

Sources

Notable Welshmen (1700–1900) (1908), 422
The Annual Register a record of world events, 1892, 210
T. R. Roberts, Eminent Welshmen: a short biographical dictionary of Welshmen... from the earliest times to the present (1908)

Additional Links

Wikidata: Q20732865

Published date: 1959

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