Hyacinth Morgan

Hyacinth Morgan
Member of Parliament for Camberwell North West
In office
30 May 1929 – 7 October 1931
Preceded byEdward Taswell Campbell
Succeeded byJames Dales Cassels
Member of Parliament for Rochdale
In office
20 July 1940 – 3 February 1950
Preceded byWilliam Kelly
Succeeded byJoseph Hale
Member of Parliament for Warrington
In office
23 February 1950 – 6 May 1955
Preceded byEdward Porter
Succeeded byEdith Summerskill
Personal details
Born
Hyacinth Bernard Wenceslaus Morgan

(1885-09-11)11 September 1885
St. George's, Grenada
Died7 May 1956(1956-05-07) (aged 70)
NationalityBritish
Political partyLabour
Alma materUniversity of Glasgow
Military service
Allegiance United Kingdom
Branch/service British Army
Years of service1914–1918
RankCaptain
UnitRoyal Army Medical Corps
Battles/wars

Hyacinth Bernard Wenceslaus Morgan (11 September 1885 – 7 May 1956) was a Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom. He was a Member of Parliament (MP) from 1929 to 1931, and 1940 to 1955.

He was born, of Irish descent, in Grenada, West Indies and came to the United Kingdom to study medicine at Glasgow University in 1904. While at University he was active in the Fabian Society and founded the students' Irish Nationalist Club. After qualifying, he worked in a number of Glasgow mental hospitals and then served as a doctor in the Royal Army Medical Corps during the First World War in both France and England. He then entered general practice in London, initially at Greenwich, later Camberwell and finally at Paddington.