Olga Morgan

Olga Sergeivna Morgan, Viscountess Tredegar (; Dolgoruky [Долгорукова]; 13 May 1915 – 19 January 1998) was a Russian exile and socialite. She was a member of the Russian nobility from birth, and British nobility through her marriage to Evan Morgan, 2nd Viscount Tredegar while retaining her adherence to the Russian Orthodox Church. She was among those saved in 1919 when King George V sent the battleship HMS Marlborough to Crimea to rescue what was left of the nobility and Imperial Family after the Russian Revolution.

Early life She was born Princess Olga Sergeivna Dolgorouky on 13 May 1915 to Major General Prince Sergey Aleksandrovich Dolgoruky (, 1872–1933) and Irina Vassilievna Naryshkina (Ирина Васильевна Нарышкина, 1879–1917). Following the death of her mother in 1917, Dolgorouky and her father moved to Paris, where they lived alongside other Russian exiles, and Frogmore. and was a lover of fun, high society parties and dancing."

Marriages She married firstly in 1934, to George Trotsky-Seniutovich, the son of a noted businessman. The marriage was unsuccessful, and they divorced in Paris. The newly wed Viscount and Viscountess Tredegar, arriving at Tredegar House in 1939. On 13 March 1939, she, married Evan Morgan, 2nd Viscount Tredegar, the head of the Morgan family of Tredegar, a dynasty which had existed in Wales for over 500 years. The union was one of convinience, providing Evan with a social cover-up for his homosexuality and Olga a more secure lifestyle, being an exiled noble.

When Viscount and the new Viscountess Tredegar returned from their honeymoon to Tredegar House (Evan's ancestral home in Newport, Wales) in July 1939, they were presented a telegram box as a gift from the staff. At Tredegar House, Morgan was a hostess for her husband's extravagant weekend house parties, as well as charitable concerts and events hosted there throughout the Second World War.

In 1943, Morgan petitioned for the marriage to be annulled on the grounds of her husband's "incapacity". The estate executors made an offer of a £6,000 (£6000 in 1949 equates to approximately £ in , according to calculations based on the Consumer Price Index measure of inflation.)

Later life and death Following her annulment, Morgan never remarried, retaining the style Viscountess Tredegar until her death.

Morgan visited Tredegar House when it was a Catholic convent school, having been sold by Evan Morgan's cousin, John Morgan, in lieu of death-duties in 1951. During one of the school's annual fetes in the 1960s, Morgan was found walking around the lake by headmistress, Sister Pauline, who invited her to tea in the house. When Tredegar House was bought by Newport Council in 1973, Morgan helped curators David Beevers and David Freeman in the restoration of the property by corresponding with them regarding the layout of the rooms during her residence. She also provided information on her ex-husband.

Morgan died of heart failure on 19 January 1998 at her home in Guernsey, aged 82. An obituary in the South Wales Echo included a message from the staff at Tredegar House, stating that even after her annulment, "she remained in contact by writing to staff. Everyone at the house is saddened by her death." Her funeral took place on 27 January 1998 at Folum Chapel and Crematorium.