Tredegar

Godfrey Charles Morgan, 1st Viscount Tredegar (28 April 1831 – 11 March 1913) was a British Army officer & British politician.

When the Crimean War broke out in 1854, Tredegar held the rank of Captain at the age of 22 in the 17th Lancers & he accompanied his famous regiment to the scene of the great struggle. He was in action at the Battle of Alma & later on 25 October 1854 was in command of a section of the Light Brigade that rode into the 'Valley of Death' at the Battle of Balaclava, he survived. Godfrey's horse, 'Sir Briggs', also survived, & lived at Tredegar House, Newport, until his death at the age of 28.