Edmund Richard Morgan

Mr. Edmund Richard Morgan, who held a seat on the Wanganui County Council for three years, is a son of Mr. John Morgan, of “Newton Lees,” No. 1 Line, Wanganui, and was born in New Plymouth in 1855. In 1890 and 1891 he filled the responsible position of Government Valuer for the Land and Income Tax Department. He was appointed valuer in 1895 to the Wanganui County Council, and now holds an appointment as valuer under the “Advances to Settlerd Act.” He is sergeant-major of the Alexandra Cavalry, of which corps he has been a member for twenty-three years; and in his youthful days he was an active member of the Wanganui Football Club and Union Beating Club. Mr. Morgan is a member of the United Ancient Order of Druids, in which he holds a high position, and is now D.P. for No. 4 District of the District-Grand Lodge of the North Island, New Zealand. Mrs. Morgan is a daughter of the late Mr. W. S. Bussell, formerly a sergeant in H.M. Artillery, and afterwards landlord of the Rutland Hotel in 1862. There is a family of two sons and two daughters.

Source: The Cyclopedia of New Zealand Wellington Provincial District