LATEST ILLUSTRATED TALKS FROM WILLIAM CROSS, FSA Scot

Morgan Family of Tredegar House, Newport, South Wales

Not Behind Lace Curtains : The Hidden World of Evan, Viscount Tredegar  : An illustrated talk based on William Cross's two books on  Hon. Evan Frederic Morgan, ( 1893-1949) the last Viscount Tredegar.   A great liar and eccentric.

The Court Martial of Major ( substantive Captain )  Evan Morgan, Viscount Tredegar of the Scots Gurads, in 1943 for offences against the Official Secrets Acts. 

The Five Lady Tredegars: An illustrated talk that spans the 19^th and 20^th centuries using a unique collection of images from the life and times of Rosamond Mundy, Lady Katherine Carnegie, Hon. Lois Sturt, Princess Olga Dolgorouky and Joanna Law-Smith.

All the Lord Tredegars In One Talk : An illustrated talk about the six Lords Tredegar. Charles (1859-1875), Godfrey ( 1875-1913 ), Courtenay ( 1913-1934), Evan ( 1934-1949), Frederic ( 1949-1954) and John ( 1954-1962).   How one family dynasty in South Wales was regenerated in 1792 and finally became extinct in 1962.

Poor Gwyneth : An illustrated talk on Hon. Gwyneth Ericka Morgan, ( 1895-1924)  the  subject of A Beautiful Nuisance,  a book by Monty Dart and Will Cross.  The story of a wasted life and a horrendous death.

The Six Daughters of Rosamond Mundy, the first Lady Tredegar: The Morgans of Tredegar House died out on the male line in 1962. However there remain today several branches of the Morgan dynasty from these remarkable daughters.

The Herberts of Highclere Castle and Downton Abbey Fame

The Life and Secrets of Almina Carnarvon, 5th Countess of Carnarvon : an illustrated talk based on William Cross's biography of the Countess. A tale of riches to rags.       

Catherine and Tilly : Porchey Carnarvon’s Two Duped Wives : The tragic tales of the American beauty, Catherine Wendell and the Austrian Dancer Tilly Losch, who were both married to Henry, Sixth Earl of Carnarvon of Highclere Castle. An illustrated talk of the life and times of Catherine, Tilly and Porchey based on William Cross’s latest book on the Carnarvons.

Lady Carnarvon's Nursing Homes: Nursing the privileged in Wartime and Peace :   The remarkable story of how Highclere Castle was turned in a Military Hospital in the Great War and how this led to Lady Carnarvon opening up other hospitals ( largely for the rich, famous and Royal patients ) between 1914 and 1943.

Lordy!  Lord George Carnrvon,  5th Earl of Tutankhamun fame : His troubles as a Young Man and in later life his discovery of a great treasure. An illustrated talk based on William Cross's book Tutankhamun's Patron As Young Man leading to his finest hour as the co-discoverer with Howard Carter of the Tomb of Tutankhamun in the Valley of the Kings, Egypt in 1922.