Josiah Wedgwood III
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Josiah "Joe" Wedgwood III (12 January 1795–11 March 1880), a grandson of the English
potter Josiah Wedgwood
.
Wedgwood was the eldest son of Josiah Wedgwood II
and his wife Elizabeth Allen. He was taken 1823 partnership in the Wedgwood
by his father and was employed there until 1842 when he retired to Leith Hill Place in Surrey
.
He married his cousin Caroline Darwin (1800–1888), the daughter of Robert Darwin
and the sister of Charles Darwin
. They had four daughters, one of whom died in infancy:
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
potter Josiah Wedgwood
Josiah Wedgwood
Josiah Wedgwood was an English potter, founder of the Wedgwood company, credited with the industrialization of the manufacture of pottery. A prominent abolitionist, Wedgwood is remembered for his "Am I Not A Man And A Brother?" anti-slavery medallion. He was a member of the Darwin–Wedgwood family...
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Wedgwood was the eldest son of Josiah Wedgwood II
Josiah Wedgwood II
Josiah Wedgwood II , the son of the English potter Josiah Wedgwood, continued his father's firm and was Member of Parliament for Stoke-upon-Trent from 1832 to 1835...
and his wife Elizabeth Allen. He was taken 1823 partnership in the Wedgwood
Wedgwood
Wedgwood, strictly speaking Josiah Wedgwood and Sons, is a pottery firm owned by KPS Capital Partners, a private equity company based in New York City, USA. Wedgwood was founded on May 1, 1759 by Josiah Wedgwood and in 1987 merged with Waterford Crystal to create Waterford Wedgwood, an...
by his father and was employed there until 1842 when he retired to Leith Hill Place in Surrey
Surrey
Surrey is a county in the South East of England and is one of the Home Counties. The county borders Greater London, Kent, East Sussex, West Sussex, Hampshire and Berkshire. The historic county town is Guildford. Surrey County Council sits at Kingston upon Thames, although this has been part of...
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He married his cousin Caroline Darwin (1800–1888), the daughter of Robert Darwin
Robert Darwin
Dr Robert Waring Darwin, F.R.S. was an English medical doctor, who today is best known as the father of the naturalist Charles Darwin. He was a member of the influential Darwin-Wedgwood family.-Biography:...
and the sister of Charles Darwin
Charles Darwin
Charles Robert Darwin FRS was an English naturalist. He established that all species of life have descended over time from common ancestry, and proposed the scientific theory that this branching pattern of evolution resulted from a process that he called natural selection.He published his theory...
. They had four daughters, one of whom died in infancy:
- Sophia Mary Ann Wedgwood (1838–1839) died in infancy.
- Sophy Wedgwood (1842–1911)
- Margaret Susan Wedgwood (1843–1937), married The Reverend Arthur Vaughan Williams and their son was the composer Ralph Vaughan WilliamsRalph Vaughan WilliamsRalph Vaughan Williams OM was an English composer of symphonies, chamber music, opera, choral music, and film scores. He was also a collector of English folk music and song: this activity both influenced his editorial approach to the English Hymnal, beginning in 1904, in which he included many...
. - Lucy Caroline Wedgwood (1846–1919)
External links
- Wedgood Website
- http://www.wedgwoodmuseum.org.uk/biogresults.asp?BiographySelection=36