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The Darwin–Wedgwood family are members of two connected families, each noted for particular prominent 18th-century figures: Erasmus Darwin, a physician and natural philosopher, and Josiah Wedgwood FRS, a noted potter and founder of the eponymous Josiah Wedgwood & Sons pottery company.
Josiah Wedgwood FRS (12 July 1730 – 3 January 1795) [1] was an English potter, entrepreneur and abolitionist. Founding the Wedgwood company in 1759, he developed improved pottery bodies by systematic experimentation, and was the leader in the industrialisation of the manufacture of European pottery .
Colonel Josiah Clement Wedgwood, 1st Baron Wedgwood, DSO, PC, DL (16 March 1872 – 26 July 1943), sometimes referred to as Josiah Wedgwood IV, was a British Liberal and Labour politician who served in government under Ramsay MacDonald. He was a prominent single-tax activist following the political-economic reformer Henry George.
Typical "Wedgwood blue" jasperware plate with white sprigged reliefs. Wedgwood pieces (left to right): c. 1930, c. 1950, 1885. Wedgwood is an English fine china, porcelain and luxury accessories manufacturer that was founded on 1 May 1759 [1] by the potter and entrepreneur Josiah Wedgwood and was first incorporated in 1895 as Josiah Wedgwood and Sons Ltd. [2]
Susannah Wedgwood was the daughter of Josiah and Sarah Wedgwood and grew up at Etruria Hall, the Wedgwood family home in Stoke on Trent (completed in 1771). Josiah Wedgwood's business was already successful and expanding when she was born, and she grew up in increasingly comfortable circumstances.
She was born 25 September 1776 as the sixth surviving child of Josiah and Sarah Wedgwood while the family was living at Etruria Hall.The Wedgwoods' involvement with the abolition movement began when she was a child, with the Wedgwood anti-slavery medallion coming out in 1787.
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 wife Elizabeth Allen. He was a grandson of the illustrious potter Josiah Wedgwood and a brother-in-law of the naturalist Charles Darwin .
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