Josiah Wedgwood II (3 April 1769 – 12 July 1843), the son of the English potter Josiah Wedgwood, continued his father's firm and was a Member of Parliament...
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Josiah Wedgwood FRS (12 July 1730 – 3 January 1795) was an English potter, entrepreneur and abolitionist. Founding the Wedgwood company in 1759, he developed...
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Wedgwood is an English fine china, porcelain and luxury accessories manufacturer that was founded on 1 May 1759 by the potter and entrepreneur Josiah...
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philosopher, and Josiah Wedgwood FRS, a noted potter and founder of the eponymous Josiah Wedgwood & Sons pottery company. The Darwin and Wedgwood families were...
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Wedgwood is a British pottery firm founded by Josiah Wedgwood. Wedgwood may also refer to: Wedgwood railway station, Staffordshire, England Wedgwood, Seattle...
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Josiah Wedgwood II (1769–1843), son of the first Josiah Wedgwood, head of the firm Josiah Wedgwood III (1795–1880), son of the second Josiah Wedgwood...
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Gunville, Dorset, Wedgwood was the son of the MP Josiah Wedgwood II. He became a partner in the Wedgwood firm in 1827 and was left in sole charge after...
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Henry Allen Wedgwood (4 April 1799 – 17 October 1885) was an English barrister. Wedgwood was the third child and second son of Josiah Wedgwood II and his...
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business partner of Josiah Wedgwood. Funding for Ralph's inventions were provided by Josiah's eldest son, Josiah Wedgwood II. "Ralph Wedgwood: Pioneer of Office...
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hall became the home of Josiah Wedgwood II and was frequently visited by his nephew Charles Darwin, who went on to marry Josiah's daughter Emma at St. Peter's...
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first photographer". Thomas Wedgwood was the fifth child of eight born to Josiah Wedgwood and his wife Sarah, nee Wedgwood, his third cousin. His father...
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his sister Emma married in 1839. Wedgwood was born at Tarrant Gunville in Dorset, the fourth son of Josiah Wedgwood II and Elizabeth Allen of Cresselly...
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Emma Darwin (redirect from Emma Wedgwood)
adulthood. Emma Wedgwood was born at the family estate of Maer Hall in Maer, Staffordshire, the youngest of seven children of Josiah Wedgwood II and his wife...
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Maer Hall (category Grade II listed houses in Staffordshire)
attracted its most famous owner Josiah Wedgwood II. His nephew Charles Darwin often visited Maer, and married Josiah's daughter Emma. A manor house at...
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Leonard Darwin (category Darwin–Wedgwood family)
for Lichfield constituency in Staffordshire, where his grandfather, Josiah Wedgwood II, had also been an MP. He wrote vigorously on the economic issues of...
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John Wedgwood (baptised 2 April 1766 – 26 January 1844), the eldest son of the potter Josiah Wedgwood, was a partner in the Wedgwood pottery firm 1790–1793...
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Lake Maer, Staffordshire Maer Hall, home of the pottery manufacturer Josiah Wedgwood II Matthew Maer, British Army officer Maer Roshan (born 1967), Iranian-born...
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linked for some time, his great aunt Elizabeth Allen having married Josiah Wedgwood II. They had one son, Richard Lancelot Baugh Allen, who died in Egypt...
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historian. His uncle Josiah Wedgwood, 1st Baron Wedgwood had been a Liberal and Labour politician and cabinet minister. John Wedgwood stood for the Liberals...
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Emma Darwin: A Century of Family Letters (category Darwin–Wedgwood family)
(1771–1836), aunt, also known as "Jenny", married John Wedgwood, the brother of Josiah Wedgwood II. Lancelot Baugh Allen (1774–1853), uncle, Master of Dulwich...
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sweetness, abounding life, and deep feeling". Caroline's uncle, Josiah "Jos" Wedgwood II noted that she had "so much taste of beauty that is a pleasure...
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sisters, and his brothers-in-law included Josiah Wedgwood II, Sir James Mackintosh (both Whig MPs), John Wedgwood the horticulturist and Jean Charles Léonard...
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Eastbury Park (category Grade II* listed parks and gardens in Dorset)
was bought by Thomas Wedgwood, son of Josiah Wedgwood and pioneer of early photography in 1800; his brother Josiah Wedgwood II had bought the adjacent...
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Charles Darwin (category Darwin–Wedgwood family)
financier Robert Darwin and Susannah Darwin (née Wedgwood). His grandfathers Erasmus Darwin and Josiah Wedgwood were both prominent abolitionists. Erasmus Darwin...
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Daniel Hack Tuke Sir William Turner Hermann Vöchting (German botanist) Josiah Wedgwood II (maternal uncle) August Weismann Julius Wiesner Alfred Russel Wallace...
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offer and left to go shooting at the estate of his uncle Josiah Wedgwood II. With Wedgwood's help, Darwin's father was persuaded to relent and fund his...
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anthropologists. Wedgwood was born on 25 March 1901 in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. Her father was Josiah Wedgwood later the first Baron Wedgwood. Her mother...
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and another sister, Elizabeth Allen, was the wife of Josiah Wedgwood II and mother of Emma Wedgwood. This marriage appears to have been a very happy one...
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sisters whose husbands included Josiah Wedgwood II of the Wedgwood pottery firm, Sir James Mackintosh (MP), John Wedgwood the horticulturist and Jean Charles...
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Wem but within a day or two of preaching he received a letter from Josiah Wedgwood II, who had offered to help him out of financial difficulties with an...
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