Wedgwood Baronets
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The Wedgwood Baronetcy, of Etruria
in the County of Stafford, is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1942 for Ralph Wedgwood, chairman of the World War II
Railway Executive Committee. He was the great-great-grandson of the potter Josiah Wedgwood
and the younger brother of Josiah Wedgwood, 1st Baron Wedgwood
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Etruria, Staffordshire
Etruria is a suburb of Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England.-Home of Wedgwood:Etruria was the fourth and penultimate site for the Wedgwood pottery business. Josiah Wedgwood, who was previously based in Burslem, opened his new works in 1769. It was named after the Italian district of Etruria,...
in the County of Stafford, is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1942 for Ralph Wedgwood, chairman of the World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
Railway Executive Committee. He was the great-great-grandson of the 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...
and the younger brother of Josiah Wedgwood, 1st Baron Wedgwood
Josiah Wedgwood, 1st Baron Wedgwood
Colonel Josiah Clement Wedgwood, 1st Baron Wedgwood, DSO, PC, DL sometimes referred to as Josiah Wedgwood IV was a British Liberal and Labour politician who served in government under Ramsay MacDonald...
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Baronets of Etruria (1942)
- Sir Ralph Lewis Wedgwood, 1st Baronet (1874-1956)
- Sir John Hamilton Wedgwood, 2nd Baronet (1907-1989)
- Sir (Hugo) Martin Wedgwood, 3rd BaronetSir Martin Wedgwood, 3rd BaronetSir Martin Wedgwood was a British stockbroker and linguist.Wedgwood was the eldest son of Sir John Wedgwood, 2nd Baronet. He was a great-great-great-great-grandson of the master potter Josiah Wedgwood...
(1933-2010) - Sir Ralph Nicholas Wedgwood, 4th BaronetSir Ralph Wedgwood, 4th BaronetProfessor Sir Ralph Nicholas Wedgwood, 4th Baronet is a British philosopher. He is Fellow of Merton College, Oxford.Wedgwood is the only son of Martin Wedgwood, later 3rd Baronet, and his wife the architectural historian Alexandra , daughter of the judge and crime novelist, Alfred Gordon Clark...
(b. 1964)